Cadmium exposure aggravates mortality more in women than in men

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 273-279

  Uetani, Mirei ^a   Kobayashi, Etsuko ^a   Suwazono, Yasushi ^a   Kido, Teruhiko ^b   Nogawa, Koji ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Jinzu River; Mortality; Proportion of population; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM;

CADMIUM; GENDER DISPARITY; MORTALITY;

AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; SAFETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; WATER SUPPLY;

ADULT; AGED; CADMIUM; CADMIUM POISONING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; JAPAN; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RIVERS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JINSHA RIVER;

EID: 33745113234     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603120600734220     Document Type: Article

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