The association between urinary kidney injury molecule 1 and urinary cadmium in elderly during long-term, low-dose cadmium exposure: a pilot study

• Main Authors: Dewitte Harrie (Author), Reynders Carmen (Author), Rigo Jean-Michel (Author), Van Kerkhove Emmy (Author), Nawrot Tim S (Author), Munters Elke (Author), De Winter Liesbeth M (Author), Pennemans Valérie (Author), Carleer Robert (Author), Penders Joris (Author), Swennen Quirine (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2011-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Urinary kidney injury molecule 1 is a recently discovered early biomarker for renal damage that has been proven to be correlated to urinary cadmium in rats. However, so far the association between urinary cadmium and kidney injury mo...