α-1-Microglobulin: Epidemiological indicator for tubular dysfunction induced by cadmium?

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 440-445

  Pless Mulloli, Tanja ^a   Boettcher, Michael ^b   Steiner, Markus ^c   Berger, Jürgen ^d  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Kramer Laboratory Association   (Germany)

^c NORDIG Institute for Health Research and Prevention   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Marker; Renal dysfunction; 1 microglobulin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 MICROGLOBULIN; CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0031864567     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.55.7.440     Document Type: Article

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