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Plasma cadmium and zinc and their interrelationship in adult Nigerians: potential health implications

Interdisciplinary Toxicology
Volume 8 (2015): Issue 2 (June 2015)
By: Emmanuel Ike Ugwuja,  Lawrence Ulu Ogbonnaya,  Henry Uro-Chukwu,  Johnson Akuma Obuna,  Emeka Ogiji and  Simon Uchenna Ezenkwa  
Open Access
|Mar 2016

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/intox-2015-0012 | Journal eISSN: 1337-9569 | Journal ISSN: 1337-6853
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Language: English
Page range: 77 - 83
Submitted on: Sep 30, 2014
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Accepted on: May 22, 2015
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Published on: Mar 7, 2016
Published by: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Experimental Pharmacology & Toxicology, Centre of Experimental Medicine
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
cadmium,
zinc,
anthropogenic activities,
pollutant,
heavy metal toxicity
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Pharmacology, toxicology

© 2016 Emmanuel Ike Ugwuja, Lawrence Ulu Ogbonnaya, Henry Uro-Chukwu, Johnson Akuma Obuna, Emeka Ogiji, Simon Uchenna Ezenkwa, published by Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Experimental Pharmacology & Toxicology, Centre of Experimental Medicine
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