Temporal trend of cadmium exposure in the United States population suggests gender specificities

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 691-697

  Ferraro, P M ^a   Sturniolo, A ^a   Naticchia, A ^a   D'Alonzo, S ^a   Gambaro, G ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Environmental pollution; Mortality; Nutrition survey; Trend

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES; URINE LEVEL;

CADMIUM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862534866     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2011.02627.x     Document Type: Article

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