Cadmium, mercury and lead in the blood of urban women in Croatia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, China, Ecuador and Morocco

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 58-72

  Pawlas, Natalia ^a   Strömberg, Ulf ^b   Carlberg, Bo ^c   Cerna, Milena ^d   Harari, Florencia ^e   Harari, Raúl ^e   Horvat, Milena ^f   Hruba, Frantiska ^g   Koppova, Kvetoslava ^g   Krskova, Andrea ^h   Krsnik, Mladen ⁱ   Li, Yu Feng ^j   Löfmark, Lina ^b   Lundh, Thomas ^b   Lundström, Nils Göran ^k   Lyoussi, Badiaâ ^l   Markiewicz Górka, Iwona ^m   Mazej, Darja ^f   Osredkar, Josko ⁱ   Pawlas, Krystyna ^a,m   Rentschler, Gerda ^b   Spevackova, Vera ^h   Spiric, Zdravko ⁿ   Sundkvist, Anneli ^k   Tratnik, Janja Snoj ^f   Vadla, Draženka ⁿ   Zizi, Soumia ^l   Skerfving, Staffan ^b   Bergdahl, Ingvar A ^k   more..

^a INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Poland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e Institute for the Development of Production and the Work Environment (IFA)   (Ecuador)

^f JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^g Regional Authority of Public Health   (Slovakia)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^j INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^k UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^l SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDELLAH UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^m WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

ⁿ Department of Natural Resources Management   (Croatia)

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Author keywords

Blood; Cadmium; European cities; Lead; Mercury; Non European Cities; Urban Women

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY;

ANALYSIS; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROATIA; CZECH REPUBLIC; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MOROCCO; MULTICENTER STUDY; POLAND; SLOVAKIA; SLOVENIA; SWEDEN; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE;

CADMIUM; CROATIA; CZECH REPUBLIC; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEAD; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; MOROCCO; POLAND; SLOVAKIA; SLOVENIA; SWEDEN; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84876103564     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/S13382-013-0071-9     Document Type: Article

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