Trend of blood lead, mercury, and cadmium levels in Korean population: data analysis of the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Seo, Jeong Wook ^a   Kim, Byoung Gwon ^a   Kim, Yu Mi ^a   Kim, Rock Bum ^a   Chung, Jin Yong ^a   Lee, Kyoung Mu ^b   Hong, Young Seoub ^a  

^a Dong A University   (South Korea)

^b Korea National Open University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Blood cadmium; Blood lead; Blood mercury; Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; MERCURY (METAL); NUTRITION; POPULATION STATISTICS; SURVEYS;

ADULT POPULATIONS; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD CADMIUM; BLOOD LEAD; BLOOD LEAD LEVELS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GEOMETRIC MEAN; MERCURY LEVELS;

BLOOD;

CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY; POLLUTANT;

ADULT; BLOOD; CADMIUM; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; LEAD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CADMIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; HUMAN; KOREAN (PEOPLE); LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MERCURY BLOOD LEVEL; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; NUTRITION; POLLUTANT; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CANADA; GERMANY; KOREA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LEAD; MALE; MERCURY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 84923836877     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-4348-2     Document Type: Article

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