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. 2010 Apr;84(4):363-7.
doi: 10.1007/s00128-010-9947-6. Epub 2010 Mar 3.

Seventeen-year observation on urinary cadmium and beta2-microglobulin in inhabitants after cessation of cadmium-exposure in Japan

Reiko Sato  1 , Teruhiko Kido, Ryumon Honda, Muneko Nishijo, Hideaki Nakagawa, Etsuko Kobayashi, Yasushi Suwazono
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Seventeen-year observation on urinary cadmium and beta2-microglobulin in inhabitants after cessation of cadmium-exposure in Japan

Reiko Sato et al. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol. 2010 Apr.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to clarify the change and relationship of urinary cadmium (Cd) and beta(2)-microglobulin (beta(2)-MG) concentrations of inhabitants in Cd-polluted areas after soil restoration. The urinary Cd and beta(2)-MG concentrations of 25 males and 28 females did not show a significant change, 22 years after the Cd-polluted soil was restored. Once exposed to Cd, it was found to remain in the body, 22 years after the Cd -polluted soil was restored. However, this did not influence renal tubular dysfunction in most of the younger generation compared with elders heavily exposed to Cd.

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