Application of hybrid approach for estimating the benchmark dose of urinary cadmium for adverse renal effects in the general population of Japan

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-93

  Suwazono, Yasushi ^a   Nogawa, Kazuhiro ^a   Uetani, Mirei ^a   Miura, Katsuyuki ^b   Sakata, Kiyomi ^c   Okayama, Akira ^d   Ueshima, Hirotsugu ^b   Stamler, Jeremiah ^e   Nakagawa, Hideaki ^f  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d FUKUJUJI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benchmark dose; Human; Renal effect; Risk assessment; Urinary cadmium

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CADMIUM; CREATININE; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN URINE LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPAN; JAPANESE; KIDNEY TUBULE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLLUTION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADULT; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CADMIUM; CREATININE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEINURIA; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 78650424889     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: 10991263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.1582     Document Type: Article

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