Reduction in cadmium exposure in the United States population, 1988-2008: The contribution of declining smoking rates

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 204-209

  Tellez Plaza, Maria ^a,b,c   Navas Acien, Ana ^a,b,c   Caldwell, Kathleen L ^d   Menke, Andy ^a,c   Muntner, Paul ^e   Guallar, Eliseo ^a,b,c,f  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^f DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Cigarette smoking; Determinants; NHANES; Trends

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COTININE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; UNITED STATES; URINE LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; CADMIUM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COTININE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84856715803     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1104020     Document Type: Article

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