Associations of low-level urine cadmium with kidney function in lead workers

Virginia M. Weaver, Nam-Soo Kim, Bernard G. Jaar, Brian S. Schwartz, Patrick J. Parsons, Amy J. Steuerwald, Andrew C. Todd, David Simon, Byung-Kook Lee

Occupational and Environmental Medicine · 2010 · 67 citations · 37 references

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Abstract

Potential explanations for these results include a normal physiological response in which urine cadmium levels reflect renal filtration, the impact of adjustment for urine dilution with creatinine in models of kidney outcomes, and cadmium-related hyperfiltration.

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