Levels of heavy metals in adolescents living in the industrialised area of Milazzo-Valle del Mela (Northern Sicily)

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Interdonato, Monica ^a   Bitto, Alessandra ^a   Pizzino, Gabriele ^a   Irrera, Natasha ^a   Pallio, Giovanni ^a   Mecchio, Anna ^a   Cuspilici, Antonino ^b   Minutoli, Letteria ^a   Altavilla, Domenica ^c   Squadrito, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b Assessorato Territorio Ed Ambiente Regione Sicilia ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL; VANADIUM; AIR POLLUTANT;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BODY BURDEN; BODY MASS; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPEAN GERMANY ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEY IV; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL AREA; ITALY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OIL INDUSTRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SUSCEPTIBLE POPULATION; AIR POLLUTANT; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ARSENIC; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; SICILY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 84911904985     PISSN: 16879805     EISSN: 16879813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/326845     Document Type: Article

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