Influence of drinking and/or cooking with Jinzu River water on the development of Itai-itai disease

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 46-57

  Kobayashi, Etsuko ^a   Suwazono, Yasushi ^a   Dochi, Mirei ^a   Honda, Ryumon ^b   Kido, Teruhiko ^c   Nakagawa, Hideaki ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amount of cadmium exposure; Cadmium concentrationinrice; Cadmium consumption from the Jinzu River water; Itai itai disease; Use of Jinzu River water for drinking and or cooking

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; RIVER WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CADMIUM POISONING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COOKING; DIETARY INTAKE; DRINKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RICE; WATER POLLUTANT; CHEMISTRY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; JAPAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; RIVER; STATISTICS; WATER SUPPLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADMIUM; CADMIUM POISONING; COOKERY; DRINKING; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; JAPAN; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORYZA SATIVA; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 67650477718     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-008-8290-9     Document Type: Article

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