Blood mercury concentration among residents of a historic mercury mine and possible effects on renal function: A cross-sectional study in southwestern China

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 3049-3055

  Li, Yonghua ^a   Zhang, Biao ^a   Yang, Linsheng ^a   Li, Hairong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Blood; Human health; Mercury; Renal function; Serum

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN HEALTH; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY EXPOSURE; MINING ACTIVITIES; RENAL FUNCTIONS; SERUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BLOOD; MERCURY MINES; UREA;

MERCURY (METAL);

CREATININE; MERCURY; NITROGEN;

AGE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMARKER; BLOOD; GENDER; HEALTH IMPACT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SERUM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MALE; MERCURY BLOOD LEVEL; MERCURY MINE; MINING; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BLOOD; CHILD; KIDNEY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOIL POLLUTANT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CREATININE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; SOIL POLLUTANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876335905     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-2772-0     Document Type: Article

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