Serum cadmium levels in a sample of blood donors in the Western Amazon, Brazil, 2010-2011

• Main Authors: Andre Ricardo Maia da Costa de Faro (Author), Wagner de Jesus Pinto (Author), Aldo Pacheco Ferreira (Author), Fernando Barbosa Junior (Author), Vanessa Cristina de Oliveira Souza (Author), Denys Eiti Fujimoto (Author), Rosalina Jorge Koifman (Author), Sergio Koifman (Author)
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• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the distribution of serum cadmium (Cd) levels in blood donors in Rio Branco, Acre State, Brazil. Blood samples were obtained from 922 volunteer blood donors from 18 to 65 years of age at the Hemoacre blood center in 2010-2011. Mean serum Cd was 0.37...