Biomonitoring of several toxic metal(loid)s in different biological matrices from environmentally and occupationally exposed populations from Panasqueira mine area, Portugal

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 255-269

  Coelho, P ^a   Costa, S ^a   Costa, C ^a,b   Silva, S ^a   Walter, A ^c   Ranville, J ^d   Pastorinho, M R ^d   Harrington, C ^c   Taylor, A ^c   Dall'Armi, V ^e   Zoffoli, R ^e   Candeias, C ^f   da Silva, E Ferreira ^f   Bonassi, S ^e   Laffon, B ^g   Teixeira, J P ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^e IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^g UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental contamination; Human exposure; Internal dose; Metal(loid)s; Mining activities

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); METAL; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

FARO [PORTUGAL]; PANASQUEIRA; PORTUGAL;

ARSENIC; METAL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NAIL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTANT; PORTUGAL; URINE;

AGED; ARSENIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NAILS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PORTUGAL;

EID: 84896704326     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-013-9562-7     Document Type: Article

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