Markers of cadmium exposure in workers in a cadmium pigment factory after changes in the exposure conditions

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 51-56

  Kawasaki, Takashi ^a   Kono, Koichi ^a   Dote, Tomotaro ^a   Usuda, Kan ^a   Shimizu, Hiroyasu ^a   Dote, Emi ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

b2 microglobulin; cadmium; renal tubular dysfunction; worker; working environment

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CADMIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; KIDNEY TUBULE DISORDER; KIDNEY TUBULE FUNCTION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; TIME; URINE LEVEL; WORKER; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CADMIUM; CADMIUM POISONING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TUBULES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 14644443642     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0748233704th189oa     Document Type: Article

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