Open AccessUrinary cadmium and mortality from all causes, cancer and cardiovascular disease in the general population: systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies
Author(s) -
Susanna C. Larsson,
Alicja Wolk
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyv086
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , cohort study , meta analysis , population , confidence interval , cancer , cohort , prospective cohort study , urinary system , environmental health
Cadmium is a toxic heavy metal distributed in the environment. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to examine the association between urinary cadmium concentration and mortality from all causes, cancer and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the general population.
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