The threshold level of urinary cadmium associated with increased urinary excretion of retinol-binding protein and β2-microglobulin: A re-assessment in a large cohort of nickel-cadmium battery workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 257-264

  Chaumont, Agnès ^a   De Winter, Frédéric ^a   Dumont, Xavier ^a   Haufroid, Vincent ^a   Bernard, Alfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CADMIUM; CREATININE; NICKEL; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERY INDUSTRY; CADMIUM URINE LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CADMIUM; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTEINURIA; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 79952573592     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.054122     Document Type: Article

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