Cadmium levels in urine and mortality among U.S. adults

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 190-196

  Menke, Andy ^a   Muntner, Paul ^b   Silbergeld, Ellen K ^a   Platz, Elizabeth A ^a   Guallar, Eliseo ^a,c,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium exposure; Cancer; Cardiovascular disease; Epidemiology; Human mortality; NHANES III

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CREATININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; URINE LEVEL;

ADULT; CADMIUM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SMOKING;

EID: 60749113796     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.11236     Document Type: Article

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