A Retrospective Study on the Relation between Renal Dysfunction and Cadmium Concentration in Rice in Individual Hamlets in the Jinzu River Basin, Toyama Prefecture, Japan

Dose–response relationship between total

Dose–response relationship between total cadmium intake calculated from the cadmium concentration in rice collected from each household of farmers and renal dysfunction in inhabitants of the Jinzu River basin, Japan

✍ Etsuko Kobayashi; Yasushi Okubo; Yasushi Suwazono; Teruhiko Kido; Koji Nogawa 📂 Article 📅 2002 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 89 KB

## Abstract The association between total cadmium (Cd) intake and abnormal urinary findings was investigated in the Cd‐polluted Jinzu River basin. In 1967 and 1968 the most systematic and large‐scale health examinations were conducted among the entire population aged over 30 years of this region. W