Elevated urinary cadmium concentrations in a patient with acute cadmium pneumonitis

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 150-153

  Ando, Yuichi ^a,c   Shibata, Eiji ^a   Tsuchiyama, Fumi ^b   Sakai, Shuzo ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Nagoya City Environmental Science Research Institute   (Japan)

^c JAPANESE RED CROSS NAGOYA FIRST HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Case report; Complication; Diagnosis; Metal fume

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADMIUM POISONING; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0029972467     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.124     Document Type: Article

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