Open AccessHealth effects of cadmium exposure in the general environment in Japan with special reference to the lower limit of the benchmark dose as the threshold level of urinary cadmium
Author(s) -
Tsukasa Uno,
Etsuko Kobayashi,
Yasushi Suwazono,
Yasushi Okubo,
Katsuyuki Miura,
Kouichi Sakata,
Akira Okayama,
Hurotsugu Ueshima,
Hideaki Nakagawa,
Kôji Nogawa
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.887
Subject(s) - cadmium , creatinine , logistic regression , urinary system , urine , confidence interval , chemistry , medicine , urology , organic chemistry
This study investigates renal dysfunction in areas without known environmental cadmium pollution and calculates the threshold level of urinary cadmium.