Environmental Exposure to Arsenic, Lead, and Cadmium in People Living near Janghang Copper Smelter in Korea

Concentrations of heavy metals exceed safety thresholds in the soil near Janghang Copper Refinery, a smelter in Korea that operated from 1936 to 1989. This study was conducted to evaluate the level of exposure to toxic metals and the potential effect on health in people living near the smelter. The...

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Published in:J Korean Med Sci
Main Authors: Kim, Yong-Dae, Eom, Sang-Yong, Yim, Dong-Hyuk, Kim, In-Soo, Won, Hee-Kwan, Park, Choong-Hee, Kim, Guen-Bae, Yu, Seung-Do, Choi, Byung-Sun, Park, Jung-Duck, Kim, Heon
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4810329/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27051230
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2016.31.4.489
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