ISSN:
1420-9071
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Summary The increasing environmental and occupational exposure of populations to cadmium creates the need for biological indicators of cadmium exposure and toxicity. The advantages and disadvantages of monitoring blood cadmium, urinary, fecal, hair, and tissue cadmium, serum creatinine, β2-microglobulin, α1-antitrypsin and other proteins, and urinary amino acids, enzymes, total proteins, glucose β2-microglobulin, retinol-binding protein, lysozyme, and metallothionein are discussed. It is concluded that urinary cadmium, metallothionein and β2-microglobulin may be used together to assess cadmium, exposure and toxicity.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01959100
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