The integrity of the liver among people environmentally exposed to cadmium at various levels

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 379-385

  Ikeda, Masayuki ^a,b   Watanabe, Takao ^c   Zhang, Zou Wen ^b   Moon, Chan Seok ^b   Shimbo, Shinichiro ^d  

^a KYOTO INDUSTRIAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MIYAGI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^d KYOTO WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Environmental exposure; General population; Liver function

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CADMIUM; CREATININE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIVER FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; URINALYSIS; WINTER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CADMIUM POISONING; DIET SURVEYS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 0030952030     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004200050164     Document Type: Article

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