Do cadmium, lead, and aluminum in drinking water increase the risk of hip fractures? A NOREPOS study

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 14-23

  Dahl, Cecilie ^a,b   Søgaard, Anne Johanne ^a   Tell, Grethe S ^b   Flaten, Trond Peder ^c   Hongve, Dag ^a   Omsland, Tone Kristin ^b,d   Holvik, Kristin ^a   Meyer, Haakon E ^a,d   Aamodt, Geir ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

aluminum; Cadmium; hip fracture risk; lead; water supply

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; DRINKING WATER; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; LEAD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84895186074     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-013-9862-x     Document Type: Article

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