Urinary uranium and kidney function parameters in professional assistance workers in the Epidemiological Study Air Disaster in Amsterdam (ESADA)

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 249-255

  Bijlsma, Joost A ^a,f   Slottje, Pauline ^a   Huizink, Anja C ^a,b   Twisk, Jos W R ^a   Van Der Voet, Gijsbert B ^c   De Wolff, Frederik A ^c   Vanhaecke, Frank ^d   Moens, Luc ^d   Smid, Tjabe ^a,e  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e KLM Health Services   (Netherlands)

^f Dianet Dialysis Centres   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

2 microglobulin; Albuminuria; ICP mass spectrometry; Nephrotoxic; Renal tubular function; Uranium

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CREATINE; URANIUM 235; URANIUM 238; URANIUM;

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISASTER; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TUBULE; KIDNEY TUBULE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; MALE; URINE;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; URANIUM;

EID: 44449130945     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfm461     Document Type: Article

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