Nephrotoxicity of uranium in drinking water from private drilled wells

• Published in: Environmental research Vol. 109; no. 4; pp. 486 - 494
• Main Authors: Seldén, Anders I., Lundholm, Cecilia, Edlund, Bror, Högdahl, Camilla, Ek, Britt-Marie, Bergström, Bernt E., Ohlson, Carl-Göran
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Inc 01.05.2009; Elsevier
• Subjects: 60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Air. Soil. Water. Waste. Feeding; ALBUMINS; Biological and medical sciences; Biomarkers - urine; Case-Control Studies; DIABETES MELLITUS; Drinking; DRINKING WATER; Environment. Living conditions; Environmental epidemiology; Environmental Exposure; EPIDEMIOLOGY; Female; Glomerular Filtration Rate - drug effects; Glomerular Filtration Rate - physiology; Humans; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; Kidney - drug effects; Kidney - physiology; Kidney Function Tests; KIDNEYS; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Public Health; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Sweden; URANIUM; Uranium - analysis; Uranium - toxicity; Uranium - urine; URINE; Water Pollutants, Radioactive - analysis; Water Pollutants, Radioactive - toxicity; Water Pollutants, Radioactive - urine; Young Adult; Sweden; Europe; Environmental epidemiology; Urine; Drinking water; Kidney function tests; Uranium; Human; Kidney disease; Biological fluid; Urinary system disease; Renal function; Toxicity; Well; Epidemiology; Kidney; Urinary system; Environment; Public health; Chemical contamination

To investigate the association between uranium in drinking water from drilled wells and aspects of kidney function measured by sensitive urine tests. Three hundred and one of 398 eligible subjects (75.6%) aged 18–74 years with daily drinking water supplies from private drilled wells located in urani...