Worrying exposure to trace elements in the population of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 927-939

  Tuakuila, J ^a,b   Lison, D ^a   Lantin, A C ^a   Mbuyi, F ^b   Deumer, G ^a   Haufroid, V ^a   Hoet, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Environmental pollution; Public health; Reference values; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; TRACE ELEMENTS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870908301     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-012-0733-0     Document Type: Article

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