Human exposure and risk assessment of cadmium for residents of abandoned metal mine areas in Korea

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 321-332

  Yang, Jiyeon ^a   Kim, Eung Cheol ^b,c   Shin, Dong Chun ^a,b   Jo, Seong Joon ^c   Lim, Young Wook ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c National Institute of Biological Resources   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Abandoned metal mine; Biomarkers; Cadmium; Human exposure; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; CADMIUM; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; MAIZE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; ORYZA; POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOUTH KOREA; URINE; VERY ELDERLY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; CADMIUM; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; ORYZA; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84939872628     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: 15732983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-014-9650-3     Document Type: Article

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