A follow-up study was conducted on 5725 inhabitants (men 2858, women 2867) in and
around the Jinzu River basin to determine the influence of environmental Cd exposure on …

Background We aimed to investigate the mortality and causes of deaths of inhabitants with
renal dysfunction induced by cadmium (Cd) exposure caused by heavy environmental …

Epidemiologica1 follow-up studies were carried out to clarify the process and prognosis of
renal tubular dysfunction induced by cadmium (Cd) among the people living in Cd-polluted …

The aim of this study was to establish the cause–effect relationship between renal tubular
dysfunction and mortality. A 19-year cohort study was conducted in 900 men and 1313 …

Long-term exposure to cadmium (Cd) causes renal damage in the general population. The
maximum allowable urinary Cd concentration, which was calculated from our previous study …

The influence of cadmium (Cd) body burden on mortality remains controversial. Excess
mortality and the dose–response relationship between mortality and urinary cadmium …

Very few studies have investigated the dose–response relationship between external
cadmium (Cd) exposure and mortality. We aim to investigate the relationship between …

We investigated the association between the Cd concentration in rice and renal dysfunction
in individuals living in the Cd-polluted Jinzu River basin, using a logistic regression analysis …

A 15-year follow-up study of 3178 inhabitants (1424 men and 1754 women) living in the
cadmium (Cd) polluted Kakehashi River basin was conducted. The results clarified effects …

In order to identify some causal relations among various urinary indices of cadmium-induced
renal dysfunction, such as glucose, total protein, amino nitrogen, β2-microglobulin (β2-m) …