Blood cadmium levels in women of childbearing age vary by race/ethnicity

Environmental Research

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 505-512

  Mijal, Renée S ^a   Holzman, Claudia B ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Lead; NHANES; Race; Women

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; FERRITIN;

BLOOD; CADMIUM; CHILDBEARING; ETHNICITY; HEALTH RISK; MATERNAL HEALTH; RACE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; REPRODUCTION; SAMPLE SIZE; SMOKING; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CADMIUM; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 77953617034     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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