Františka Hrubá, Milena Černá, Chunying Chen, Florencia Harari, Milena Horvat, Kvetoslava Koppová, Andrea Krsková, Jawhar Laamech, Yu-Feng Li, Lina Löfmark, Thomas Lundh, Badiaa Lyoussi, Darja Mazej, Joško Osredkar, Krystyna Pawlas, Natalia Pawlas, Adam Prokopowicz, Gerda Rentschler, Janja Snoj Tratnik, Johan Sommar, Věra Spěváčková, Zdravko Špirić, Staffan Skerfving, Ingvar A Bergdahl
OBJECTIVES: The authors aimed to evaluate whether blood cadmium (B-Cd), lead (B-Pb) and mercury (B-Hg) in children differ regionally in 9 countries, and to identify factors correlating with exposure. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The authors performed a cross-sectional study of children aged 7-14 years, living in 2007-2008 in urban, rural, or potentially polluted ("hot spot") areas (ca. 50 children from each area, in total 1363 children) in 6 European and 3 non-European countries...
September 7, 2023: International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health