Critical exposure level of cadmium for elevated urinary metallothionein-An occupational population study in China

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 93-99

  Chen, Liang ^a   Jin, Taiyi ^a,b   Huang, Bo ^a   Nordberg, Gunnar ^b   Nordberg, Monica ^c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Benchmark dose; Biomarkers; Cadmium; Metallothionein; Renal dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; METALLOTHIONEIN; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GLOMERULAR DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUBULAR DYSFUNCTION; URINARY EXCRETION;

CADMIUM; CHINA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; KIDNEY; METALLOTHIONEIN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 33746725378     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2006.01.013     Document Type: Article

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