Association between cadmium concentration in rice and mortality in the Jinzu River basin, Japan

A follow-up survey on 2101 inhabitants (1566 men, 535 women), who participated in a 1967 health survey and had resided in their present rural community since birth was conducted to determine the influence of environmental cadmium exposure on the mortality of the general population in the Jinzu River...

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Veröffentlicht in:Toxicology (Amsterdam) 2001-05, Vol.163 (1), p.23-28
Hauptverfasser: Ishihara, Teruhide, Kobayashi, Etsuko, Okubo, Yasushi, Suwazono, Yasushi, Kido, Teruhiko, Nishijyo, Muneko, Nakagawa, Hideaki, Nogawa, Koji
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Zusammenfassung:A follow-up survey on 2101 inhabitants (1566 men, 535 women), who participated in a 1967 health survey and had resided in their present rural community since birth was conducted to determine the influence of environmental cadmium exposure on the mortality of the general population in the Jinzu River basin. The survey was conducted over 6128 days from August 1, 1967 to May 10, 1984. The rural communities were divided into two groups, one with a cadmium concentration in rice of
ISSN:0300-483X
1879-3185
DOI:10.1016/S0300-483X(01)00367-5