Perspectives on Cadmium Toxicity Research

• Published in: The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine Vol. 196; no. 1; pp. 23 - 32
• Main Authors: SATOH, MASAHIKO, KOYAMA, HIROSHI, KAJI, TOSHIYUKI, KITO, HIDEAKI, TOHYAMA, CHIHARU
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan Tohoku University Medical Press 2002
• Subjects: Animals; cadmium; Cadmium - toxicity; Cadmium Poisoning; chronic toxicity; Female; Humans; low dose effects; Male; metallothionein; Mutagens - toxicity; Reproduction - drug effects

Since there are a plethora of studies on cadmium toxicity and poisoning in laboratory animals and humans, we have limited this review to studies that are relevant to human health issues by focusing on carcinogenicity, genotoxicity, circulatory disease, nephrotoxicity and life expectancy. Cadmium exp...