Striking association between urinary cadmium level and albuminuria among Torres Strait Islander people with diabetes

Environmental Research

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 379-383

  Haswell Elkins, Melissa ^a   Satarug, Soisungwan ^b   O'Rourke, Peter ^c   Moore, Michael ^b   Ng, Jack ^b   McGrath, Victor ^b   Walmby, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b University of Queensland and Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences   (Australia)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Diabetic nephropathy; Food safety; Indigenous; Toxins

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CADMIUM;

BODY MASS; CADMIUM; DIABETES; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EXCRETION; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH IMPACT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PROTEIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEAFOOD; TOXIN; URINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMINURIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; URINE LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBUMINURIA; CADMIUM; CADMIUM POISONING; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; QUEENSLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND; TORRES STRAIT; TORRES STRAIT ISLANDS;

EID: 39749106821     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2007.10.004     Document Type: Article

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