Biomonitoring of mercury, cadmium, and lead exposure in Japanese children: a cross-sectional study

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 18-27

  Ilmiawati, Cimi ^a,b   Yoshida, Takahiko ^c   Itoh, Toshihiro ^c   Nakagi, Yoshihiko ^c   Saijo, Yasuaki ^c   Sugioka, Yoshihiko ^c   Sakamoto, Mineshi ^d   Ikegami, Akihiko ^a   Ogawa, Masanori ^a   Kayama, Fujio ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ANDALAS UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^c ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Children; Fish intake; Lead; Mercury

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; POLLUTANT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEA FOOD; URINE;

BIOMARKERS; CADMIUM; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; HUMANS; JAPAN; LEAD; MALE; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEAFOOD; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84939889895     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-014-0416-4     Document Type: Article

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