Cadmium Exposure in the Environment: Renal Effects and the Benchmark Dose

Encyclopedia of Environmental Health

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 465-473

  Akesson A ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Benchmark dose; Cadmium; Diet; Exposure; Kidney; Low molecular weight proteins; NOAEL; Tubular effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 85069872799     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52272-6.00379-2     Document Type: Chapter

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