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. 1976 Aug 21;2(7982):396-8.
doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(76)92409-0.

Clinical and biochemical abnormalities in coppersmiths exposed to cadmium

R Scott, P J Paterson, E A Mills, A McKirdy, G S Fell, J M Ottoway, F E Husain, O P Fitzgerald-Finch, A J Yates, A Lamont, S Roxburgh

Clinical and biochemical abnormalities in coppersmiths exposed to cadmium

R Scott et al. Lancet. .

Abstract

5(18.5%) of a group 27 coppersmiths exposed to cadmium fume had stone disease. When compared with a control group of assembly workers in the same factory they had evidence of renal impairment as shown by blood biochemistry and proteinuria. A greater tendency to liver damage was found in the coppersmiths. There was evidence that restrictive airways disease was more common in the coppersmiths than in the control group. Blood-cadmium concentrations were significantly higher in the coppersmiths and in the assembly workers than in a reference population.

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