Kidney cadmium levels and associations with urinary calcium and bone mineral density: a cross-sectional study in Sweden.
Journal article, 2013

Cadmium (Cd) can cause renal damage and osteoporosis after high-level exposure. Recently such effects, including increased urinary excretion of calcium, have been shown also at low-level exposure, as measured by Cd in blood or urine. However, associations with kidney Cd have not been examined. The aim of this study was to explore the relation between kidney Cd and urinary calcium excretion, or bone mineral density.

Bone

Kidney

Kidney donor

Urinary calcium

Cadmium

Bone mineral density

Author

Maria Wallin

University of Gothenburg

Gerd Sallsten

University of Gothenburg

Elisabeth Fabricius-Lagging

Christian Öhrn

University of Gothenburg

Thomas Lundh

Lars Barregård

University of Gothenburg

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

1476069x (eISSN)

Vol. 12 22-

Subject Categories

Clinical Medicine

DOI

10.1186/1476-069X-12-22

PubMed

23497059

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10/10/2017