Estimation of benchmark doses for urinary cadmium based on β2-microglobulin excretion in cadmium-polluted regions of the Kakehashi River basin, Japan

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 329-337

  Shimizu, Akane ^a   Kobayashi, Etsuko ^a   Suwazono, Yasushi ^a   Uetani, Mirei ^a   Oishi, Mitsuhiro ^a   Inaba, Takeya ^a   Kido, Teruhiko ^b   Nogawa, Koji ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

2 microglobulinuria; Benchmark dose; Cadmium polluted region; Renal dysfunction; Threshold levels of urinary cadmium concentration

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CADMIUM; CREATININE;

BIOASSAY; CADMIUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ESTIMATION METHOD; RIVER POLLUTION; URINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN URINE LEVEL; BODY BURDEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RIVER; URINARY EXCRETION; WATER POLLUTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; CADMIUM; CADMIUM POISONING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; CHUBU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; ISHIKAWA; JAPAN; KAKEHASHI BASIN;

URIA;

EID: 33748989258     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603120600869174     Document Type: Article

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