The relationship between body iron stores and blood and urine cadmium concentrations in US never-smoking, non-pregnant women aged 20-49 years

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 702-707

  Gallagher, Carolyn M ^a   Chen, John J ^a   Kovach, John S ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body iron; Cadmium; Iron deficiency; Never smoking; NHANES; Women

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CREATININE; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ABSORPTION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH RISK; IRON; LACTATION; LINEARITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SERUM; SMOKING; SOLUBILIZATION; SURVEY; URINE; WOMENS HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARITY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; IRON; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; TRANSFERRIN; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958698875     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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