Effects of variations in cadmium and lead levels in river sediments on local foods and body burden of local residents in non-polluted areas in Japan

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 255-264

  Ikeda, Masayuki ^a   Watanabe, Takao ^a   Ohashi, Fumiko ^b   Shimbo, Shinichiro ^c  

^a KYOTO INDUSTRIAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

^b MIYAGI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^c KYOTO WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood; Cadmium; Food; Lead; Rice; River sediments; Urine

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; LEAD;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY BURDEN; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HUMAN; JAPAN; RICE; RIVER; SEDIMENT; URINE LEVEL; WATER CONTAMINATION; ADULT; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOOD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; URINE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADULT; BODY BURDEN; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; JAPAN; LEAD; MIDDLE AGED; ORYZA SATIVA; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77951635231     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-009-8436-4     Document Type: Article

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