Cadmium and other metal levels in autopsy samples from a cadmium-polluted area and non-polluted control areas in Japan

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-22

  Hayashi, Chiyo ^a   Koizumi, Naoko ^b   Nishio, Hisahide ^a   Koizumi, Naoru ^c   Ikeda, Masayuki ^d  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Food Safety Commission of Japan   (Japan)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KYOTO INDUSTRIAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autopsied samples; Cadmium; Cupper; Kidney; Lead; Liver; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; JAPANESE; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY MEDULLA; LIVER; MALE; METAL EXTRACTION; METAL RECOVERY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; CADMIUM; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY MEDULLA; LEAD; LIVER; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; ZINC;

EID: 84857367513     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-011-9155-1     Document Type: Article

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