Cadmium exposure and its health effects: A 19-year follow-up study of a polluted area in China

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 470-471; pp. 224 - 228
• Main Authors: Zhang, Wen-Li, Du, Yu, Zhai, Miao-Miao, Shang, Qi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.02.2014
• Subjects: Acetylglucosaminidase - urine; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; beta-N-acetylhexosaminidase; biomarkers; Biomarkers - urine; Cadmium; Cadmium - analysis; Cadmium - urine; China; chromium; Environmental Exposure - statistics & numerical data; Environmental Pollutants - analysis; Environmental Pollutants - urine; Environmental Pollution - statistics & numerical data; environmental protection; Exposure; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Food Contamination - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; N-Acetyl-β-d-glucosaminidase; Oryza - chemistry; Pollution; Renal damage; renal function; rice; risk; surveys; urine; β2-Microglobulin; China; Cadmium; Pollution; N-Acetyl-β-d-glucosaminidase; Exposure; Renal damage; β2-Microglobulin; β-Microglobulin

Dayu County, which is located in southwestern Jiangxi Province in China, has been a cadmium (Cd)-contaminated area since the 1960s. A series of studies about Cd pollution were carried out in the 1980s. However, no further studies of the area were conducted during the following 19years. To observe ca...