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Document ID (ISN)44706
CIS number 85-1624
ISSN - Serial title 0098-4108 - Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health
Year 1985
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Ellis K.J., Cohn S.H., Smith T.J.
Title Cadmium inhalation exposure estimates: their significance with respect to kidney and liver cadmium burden
Bibliographic information 1985, Vol.15, No.1, p.173-187. Illus. 18 ref.
Abstract A time-weighted cumulative exposure index (TWE) was calculated from cadmium exposure data and history of each of 82 industrially exposed workers. The cadmium body burden for each worker was measured directly in vivo (left kidney and liver) by neutron activation. A significant correlation was observed between the TWE and the liver cadmium burden of active workers and between the TWE and the percentage of workers with renal abnormalities.
Descriptors (primary) liver; toxicology; inhalation; kidney; dose-response relationship; cadmium; smelting plants; exposure evaluation
Descriptors (secondary) cadmium oxide; nephrotoxic effects; human experiments; occupational health survey
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Toxic and dangerous substances
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Exposure evaluation
Smelting and refining operations
Cadmium and compounds
Inorganic substances