Changes in cadmium exposure among persons living in cadmium-contaminated areas in Northwestern Thailand: A five-year follow-up

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1217-1222

  Swaddiwudhipong, Witaya ^a   Mahasakpan, Pranee ^a   Funkhiew, Thippawan ^a   Limpatanachote, Pisit ^a  

^a MAE SOT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Cadmium exposure; Rice consumption; Smoking

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CREATININE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; MALE; POLLUTION; PREVALENCE; RICE; SMOKING; THAILAND; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGRICULTURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOXICITY; URINE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURE; CADMIUM; CREATININE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORYZA SATIVA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING CESSATION; THAILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958111846     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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