The relationship between the bone mineral density and urinary cadmium concentration of residents in an industrial complex

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-109

  Shin, Minah ^a   Paek, Domyung ^a   Yoon, Chungsik ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Age; Bone mineral density; Cadmium; Osteopenia; Osteoporosis; Urine

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CREATININE;

AGE; BONE; CADMIUM; FEMALE; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; OSTEOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; URINE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; URINE LEVEL;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE DENSITY; CADMIUM; CADMIUM POISONING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751608932     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2010.11.010     Document Type: Article

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