Nephrolithiasis in a worker with cadmium exposure in the past

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 670-672

  Trevisan, Andrea ^a   Gardin, Claudio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Camposampiero Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Nephrolithiasis; Welder

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; AMINOACIDURIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CALCIUM URINE LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FANCONI RENOTUBULAR SYNDROME; FUME; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; KIDNEY TUBULE CELL; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MESANGIUM CELL; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHOSPHATURIA; PROTEINURIA; RENOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS; WELDING; WORKER;

ADULT; CADMIUM POISONING; FANCONI SYNDROME; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK; WELDING;

EID: 27844563604     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-005-0009-z     Document Type: Article

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