Low-level chronic exposure to cadmium enhances the risk of long bone fractures: A study on a female rat model of human lifetime exposure

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-44

  Brzóska, Malgorzata M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bone fracture; Bone mineral status; Bone strength; Cadmium; Female rats; Femur; Low lifetime exposure; Tibia

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CALCIUM; COPPER; DRINKING WATER; IRON; MAGNESIUM; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; BONE FRAGILITY; BONE MINERALIZATION; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TIBIA;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; CADMIUM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FEMUR; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RISK FACTORS; TIBIA; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 83455211309     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: 10991263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.1632     Document Type: Article

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