A suspected case of "itai-itai disease" in a cadmium-polluted area in Akita prefecture, Japan

• Main Authors: Toru Sasaki (Author), Hyogo Horiguchi (Author), Takehisa Matsukawa (Author), Momoko Kobayashi (Author), Yuki Omori (Author), Etsuko Oguma (Author), Atsushi Komatsuda (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Komiyama Printing Co. Ltd, 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Itai-itai disease is the most severe case of chronic cadmium (Cd) toxicity, which was endemic in Cd-polluted areas in the Jinzu River basin in Toyama prefecture, Japan. Akita prefecture also has Cd-polluted areas, but there have been no cases of "itai-itai disease". Case presen...