Updating the cadmium substance monograph - Reference values and human biomonitoring (HBM) values: Statement of the "Human Biomonitoring" Commission of the Federal Environment Agency;Aktualisierung der Stoffmonographie Cadmium - Referenz- und Human-Biomonitoring(HBM)-Werte. Stellungnahme der Kommission "human-Biomonitoring" des Umweltbundesamtes

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Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 981-996

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