Bi-linear dose-response relationship in general populations with low-level cadmium exposures in non-polluted areas in Japan

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 427-435

  Ikeda, Masayuki ^a   Moriguchi, Jiro ^a   Sakuragi, Sonoko ^a   Ohashi, Fumiko ^a  

^a KYOTO INDUSTRIAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

2 microglobulin in urine; Cadmium in urine; Japanese women; Threshold; Tubular dysfunction markers

Indexed keywords

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; ALPHA 1 MICROGLOBULIN; ALPHA GLOBULIN; ALPHA-1-MICROGLOBULIN; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; CREATININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; URINE;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; ADULT; ALPHA-GLOBULINS; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CADMIUM; CREATININE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84861864270     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-011-0691-y     Document Type: Article

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