Blood levels of cadmium and lead in residents near abandoned metal mine areas in Korea

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 186, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 5209-5220

  Park, Dong Uk ^a   Kim, Dae Seon ^b   Yu, Seung Do ^b   Lee, Kyeong Min ^c   Ryu, Seung Hun ^a   Kim, Soo Geun ^d   Yang, Won Ho ^e   Park, Doo Yong ^f   Hong, Yeong Seoub ^g   Park, Jung Duck ^h   Lee, Byung Kook ⁱ   Moon, Jai Dong ^j   Sakong, Joon ^k   Ahn, Seung Chul ^b   Ryu, Jung Min ^b   Jung, Soon Won ^b  

^a Korea National Open University   (South Korea)

^b Environmental Health Research Department Environmental Health Research Division   (South Korea)

^c Lung Institute   (South Korea)

^d Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

^f Hansung University   (South Korea)

^g Dong A University   (South Korea)

^h Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

ⁱ Korean Industrial Health Association   (South Korea)

^j Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital and Medical School   (South Korea)

^k Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

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Author keywords

Blood cadmium; Blood lead; Environmental exposure; HESRAM

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM;

ABANDONED METAL MINE; BLOOD CADMIUM; BLOOD LEAD; BLOOD LEAD LEVELS; CADMIUM AND LEADS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENERAL POPULATION; HESRAM;

BLOOD;

CADMIUM; LEAD;

ABANDONED MINE; BIOMONITORING; BLOOD; CADMIUM; LEAD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD CADMIUM LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEAVY METAL BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; KOREA; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MINING; POLLUTION MONITORING; RESIDENTIAL AREA;

KOREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903906842     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-014-3770-1     Document Type: Article

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