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Article: Cadmium in blood and urine--impact of sex, age, dietary intake, iron status, and former smoking--association of renal effects.
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- Environmental Health Perspectives
- Article date:
- December 1, 2002
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We studied determinants of cadmium status and kidney function in nonsmoking men and women living on farms in southern Sweden. Median blood Cd (BCd) was 1.8 nmol/L (range, 0.38-18) and median urinary Cd (UCd) was 0.23 nmol/mmol creatinine (range, 0.065-0.99). The intake of Cd per kilogram body weight did not significantly differ between sexes and did not correlate with BCd or UCd, which maybe explained by a low and varying bioavailibility of Cd from food items, However, when a subgroup of the study population, couples of never-smoking men and women, were compared, a lower intake per kilogram body weight was found in the women, but the women had a 1.8 times higher BCd and a ...
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