Absence of tubular proteinuria following environmental exposure to chromium

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 321-323

  Wedeen, Richard P ^a   Haque, Syed ^b   Udasin, Iris ^c   D'Haese, Patrick C ^d   Elseviers, Monique ^d   De Broe, Marc E ^d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CHROMIUM; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY INJURY; LANDFILL; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; NEPHROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TUBULES, PROXIMAL; MALE; NEW JERSEY; PROTEINURIA;

EID: 0029787037     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039896.1996.9936032     Document Type: Article

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