Subacute lung injury and biological exposure monitoring after repeated intratracheal administration of cadmium nitrate in rats

• Published in: Biomedical Research on Trace Elements Vol. 21; no. 4; pp. 219 - 222
• Main Authors: Hayashi, Emi, Dote, Tomotaro, Imanishi, Masafumi, Nakayama, Shin, Ohnishi, Keiko, Tsuji, Hiroshi, Usuda, Kan, Kono, Koichi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: Osaka Japan Society for Biomedical Research on Trace Elements 31.12.2010; 日本微量元素学会; Japan Science and Technology Agency
• Subjects: aerosol; Aerosols; Biomonitoring; Blood; Cadmium; cadmium nitrate; Inhalation; Kidneys; Lethal effects; lung injury; Lungs; Nickel; Respiratory system; subacute toxicity

Recent increase in the use of cadmium nitrate Cd (NO3)2 (CdN) in nickel cadmium batteries means that workers at factories producing these batteries are at risk of frequent inhalation of CdN aerosols. We aimed to investigate the subacute harmful effects towards the lungs, liver, and kidneys after int...