Biological monitoring of cadmium exposure and renal effects in a population group residing in a polluted area in China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 199, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 111-114

  Nordberg, G F ^a   Jin, T ^a   Kong, Q ^b   Ye, T ^c   Cai, S ^d   Wang, Z ^b   Zhuang, F ^b   Wu, X ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry; Renal accumulation of cadmium; Urinary beta 2 microglobulin (UBM)

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CADMIUM;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; NEPHROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; ALBUMINURIA; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; CADMIUM; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORYZA SATIVA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

CADMIUM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEAVY METALS; RENAL DYSFUNCTION;

CHINA, ZHEJIANG PROVINCE;

EID: 0030613569     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(97)05486-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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