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Kidney cadmium as compared to other markers of cadmium exposure in workers at a secondary metal smelter

Börjesson, Jimmy ; Gerhardsson, Lars LU ; Schutz, Andrejs ; Perfekt, Roland LU ; Mattsson, Sören LU and Skerfving, Staffan LU (2001) In American Journal of Industrial Medicine 39(1). p.19-28
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to evaluate whether cadmium concentrations in kidney (K-Cd), blood (B-Cd) or urine (U-Cd) could reveal previous occupational cadmium exposure at a metal smelter. METHODS: The study included 90 smelters and 35 controls (B-Cd and U-Cd determination). In a subgroup (N = 33), K-Cd was also determined. RESULTS: B-Cd (median 4.6; range 0.5-53 nmol/L), U-Cd (0. 29; 0.04-1.9 micromol/mol creatinine) and K-Cd (14; 3-61 microg/g wet weight) were similar to reported concentrations in the general Swedish population. In the subgroup, significant associations (P<0. 001) were obtained between B-Cd and K-Cd (r = 0.70), U-Cd and K-Cd (r = 0.60) and between U-Cd and B-Cd (r = 0.62). Multiple regression analyses... (More)
BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to evaluate whether cadmium concentrations in kidney (K-Cd), blood (B-Cd) or urine (U-Cd) could reveal previous occupational cadmium exposure at a metal smelter. METHODS: The study included 90 smelters and 35 controls (B-Cd and U-Cd determination). In a subgroup (N = 33), K-Cd was also determined. RESULTS: B-Cd (median 4.6; range 0.5-53 nmol/L), U-Cd (0. 29; 0.04-1.9 micromol/mol creatinine) and K-Cd (14; 3-61 microg/g wet weight) were similar to reported concentrations in the general Swedish population. In the subgroup, significant associations (P<0. 001) were obtained between B-Cd and K-Cd (r = 0.70), U-Cd and K-Cd (r = 0.60) and between U-Cd and B-Cd (r = 0.62). Multiple regression analyses revealed smoking as the major predictor of K-Cd, B-Cd, and U-Cd. B-Cd and U-Cd were both associated with the duration of employment at the smelter. CONCLUSIONS: There was no statistically significant evidence of previous occupational exposure at the smelter from measurement of K-Cd. (Less)
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cadmium, smelter, lead, kidney, X-ray fluorescence, smoking
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American Journal of Industrial Medicine
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39
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19 - 28
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John Wiley & Sons Inc.
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0271-3586
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10.1002/1097-0274(200101)39:1<19::AID-AJIM2>3.0.CO;2-Q
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English
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  author       = {{Börjesson, Jimmy and Gerhardsson, Lars and Schutz, Andrejs and Perfekt, Roland and Mattsson, Sören and Skerfving, Staffan}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
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  publisher    = {{John Wiley & Sons Inc.}},
  series       = {{American Journal of Industrial Medicine}},
  title        = {{Kidney cadmium as compared to other markers of cadmium exposure in workers at a secondary metal smelter}},
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