| Document ID (ISN) | 61536 |
| CIS number |
94-192 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0885-114X - Occupational Medicine: State of the Art Reviews |
| Year |
1992 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Wedeen R.P. |
| Title |
Renal diseases of occupational origin |
| Bibliographic information |
July-Sep. 1992, Vol.7, No.3, p.449-463. 80 ref. |
| Abstract |
Environmental toxicants, including those from industrial sources, represent potentially preventable causes of chronic kidney disease. This review focuses on the aetiology of chronic renal failure of recognized occupational origin other than malignancies. Agents discussed are: heavy metals (lead, cadmium, mercury, arsenic, chromium, copper, and uranium), organic solvents (hydrocarbons), beryllium and silicon. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
aetiology; toxic substances; renal diseases; occupation disease relation |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
literature survey; mercury; uranium; copper; hydrocarbons; arsenic; chromium; beryllium; silicon; nephritis; organic solvents; nephrotoxic effects; cadmium; lead |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the kidney and the urinary system
|
