Renal dysfunction from cadmium contamination of irrigation water: Dose- response analysis in a Chinese population

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 153-159

  Cai, S ^a   Yue, L ^a   Jin, T ^b   Nordberg, G ^b  

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

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM;

CADMIUM; HEALTH IMPACT; HEAVY METAL; IRRIGATION; WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TUBULE DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; CADMIUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; WATER;

CHINA;

EID: 0031746855     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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