Associations of blood lead, cadmium, and mercury with estimated glomerular filtration rate in the Korean general population: Analysis of 2008-2010 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data

Environmental Research

Volumn 118, Issue , 2012, Pages 124-129

  Kim, Yangho ^a   Lee, Byung Kook ^b  

^a Ulsan University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Glomerular filtration rate; Kidney; Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; Lead; Mercury

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY;

BLOOD; CADMIUM; FILTRATION; HEALTH RISK; LEAD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PUBLIC HEALTH; SAMPLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH KOREA; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; CADMIUM; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; LEAD; LINEAR MODELS; MERCURY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 84866017344     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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