Blood lead levels in a representative sample of the Spanish adult population: The BIOAMBIENT.ES project

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 217, Issue 4-5, 2014, Pages 452-459

  Cañas, Ana I ^a   Cervantes Amat, Marta ^b,e   Esteban, Marta ^a   Ruiz Moraga, Montserrat ^c   Pérez Gómez, Beatriz ^b,e   Mayor, Juan ^d   Castaño, Argelia ^a   Aleixandre, J L ^f   Aragones N ^f   Bartolome M ^f   Calvo, E ^f   Cortes M V ^f   Cutanda, F ^f   Huetos, O ^f   Jimenez J A ^f   Lopez Abente G ^f   Lopez Herranz A ^f   Mendez C F ^f   Molina, M A ^f   Navarro, C ^f   Pastor, R ^f   Pollan M ^f   Roman J ^f   Sanchez J ^f   more..

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^c Ibermutuamur   (Spain)

^d Mutualia   (Spain)

^e CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Blood; Human biomonitoring (HBM); ICP MS; Lead exposure; Spanish population

Indexed keywords

LEAD; POLLUTANT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLLUTANT; REFERENCE VALUE; SPAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LEAD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SPAIN;

EID: 84897072544     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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