Environmental exposure of the pediatric age groups in Cairo City and its suburbs to cadmium pollution

Elham Hossny; Galila M. Mokhtar; Mohamed El-Awady; Inas Ali; Magdy Morsy; A.H.M. Dawood

doi:10.1016/s0048-9697(00)00848-2

Keywords

PercentileTobacco smokeMedicineCadmiumPediatricsEnvironmental healthChemistry

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Ain Shams University EG

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Year: 2001
Type: article
Volume: 273
Issue: 1-3
Pages: 135-146
Citations: 72
Access: Closed

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                                    Elham Hossny, 
                                
                                    Galila M. Mokhtar, 
                                
                                    Mohamed El-Awady
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2001). 
                            Environmental exposure of the pediatric age groups in Cairo City and its suburbs to cadmium pollution. 
                            The Science of The Total Environment
                            , 273
                            (1-3)
                            , 135-146.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0048-9697(00)00848-2
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/s0048-9697(00)00848-2