Background exposure of general women populations in Japan to cadmium in the environment and possible health effects

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 108, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 161-166

  Ikeda, M ^a   Zhang, Z W ^b   Higashikawa, K ^a   Watanabe, T ^c   Shimbo, S ^b   Moon, C S ^d   Nakatsuka, H ^e   Matsuda Inoguchi, N ^e  

^a KYOTO INDUSTRIAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

^b KYOTO WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MIYAGI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^d Inje University   (South Korea)

^e MIYAGI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Background exposure; Cadmium; Health effects; Japan; Women

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 MICROGLOBULIN; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CADMIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DOSE KIDNEY FUNCTION RELATION; DOSE LIVER FUNCTION RELATION; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEPHROTOXICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE; URINE LEVEL;

ADULT; ALPHA-GLOBULINS; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; CADMIUM; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMANS; JAPAN; ORYZA SATIVA; WOMEN;

EID: 0032860346     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(99)00084-3     Document Type: Article

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