[en] Within the frame of the EU projects DEMOCOPHES and COPHES, a harmonized European human biomonitoring pilot study was set up involving 17 European countries. The biomonitoring study consisted in measuring in each participating country the level of some environmental pollutant biomarkers in children and their mothers. Here we present the results of cadmium and mercury levels in respectively the urine and hair of the Belgian participants.
Disciplines :
Chemistry Pharmacy, pharmacology & toxicology
Author, co-author :
PIRARD, Catherine ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Toxicologie clinique
De Cremer, Koen
Van Overmeire, Ilse
Koppen, Gudrun
Dewolf, Marie-Christine
De Mieroop, Els
Aerts, Dominique
Biot, Pierre
Van Loco, Joris
Charlier, Corinne ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de pharmacie > Chimie toxicologique
Language :
English
Title :
Mercury and cadmium levels in Belgian children and their mothers
Publication date :
September 2013
Event name :
International Symposium on Biological Monitoring
Event organizer :
ICOH's Scientific Committee on Occupational Toxicology
