Renal tubular dysfunction in male inhabitants of a cadmium-polluted area in Toyama, Japan - An eleven-year follow-up study

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 180-189

  Cai, Yunqing ^a   Aoshima, Keiko ^a   Katoh, Terutaka ^a   Teranishi, Hidetoyo ^a   Kasuya, Minoru ^a  

^a TOYAMA MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Follow up study; Itai itai disease; Renal tubular dysfunction; Urinary 2 microglobulin

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CADMIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSURIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; METABOLISM; PREVALENCE; SOIL POLLUTANT; URINE;

AGED; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; CADMIUM; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLYCOSURIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; PREVALENCE; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 33947694401     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.11.180     Document Type: Article

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