Cadmium may be a risk factor for osteoporosis

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 435-439

  Järup, Lars ^a,d   Alfvén, Tobias ^a   Persson, Bodil ^b   Toss, Göran ^b   Elinder, Carl Gustaf ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Cadmium; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0031812634     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.55.7.435     Document Type: Article

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