Environmental cadmium exposure, adverse effects and preventive measures in Japan

BioMetals

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 581-587

  Nogawa, Koji ^a   Kobayashi, Etsuko ^a   Okubo, Yasushi ^a   Suwazono, Yasushi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allowable limit; Cadmium; Dose response relationship; Health effect; Mortality

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM;

CADMIUM POISONING; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; JAPAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MORTALITY; POLLUTION; RICE; RIVER BASIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GLUCOSURIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEINURIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URINE;

ADULT; CADMIUM; CADMIUM POISONING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GLYCOSURIA; HUMANS; JAPAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORYZA SATIVA; PROTEINURIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 17944372554     PISSN: 09660844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BIOM.0000045742.81440.9c     Document Type: Conference Paper

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