Cadmium, environmental exposure, and health outcomes

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 182-190

  Satarug, Soisungwan ^a   Garrett, Scott H ^a   Sens, Mary Ann ^a   Sens, Donald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Calcium; Cancer; Diet; Disease burden; Environmental exposure; Iron; Manganese; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CALCIUM; IRON; MANGANESE; ZINC;

ALBUMINURIA; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BODY BURDEN; BONE; BREAST DISEASE; CADMIUM POISONING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EYE; EYE DISEASE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY TUBULE DISORDER; LUNG DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TOXICOKINETICS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

BONE AND BONES; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77249124860     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0901234     Document Type: Review

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