Last updated on 22-8-2019 by Anonymous (not verified)
Peer reviewed scientific article
SCIENSANO
Authors
Berglund, Marika; Larsson, Kristin; Grandér, Margaretha; Casteleyn, Ludwine; Kolossa-Gehring, Marike; Schwedler, Gerda; Castaño, Argelia; Esteban, Marta; Angerer, Jürgen; Koch, Holger M; Schindler, Birgit K; Schoeters, Greet; Smolders, Roel; Exley, Karen; Sepai, Ovnair; Blumen, Luies; Horvat, Milena; Knudsen, Lisbeth E; Mørck, Thit A; Joas, Anke; Joas, Reinhard; Biot, Pierre; Aerts, Dominique; Koen De Cremer; Ilse Van Overmeire; Katsonouri, Andromachi; Hadjipanayis, Adamos; Cerna, Milena; Krskova, Andrea; Nielsen, Jeanette K S; Jensen, Janne Fangel; Rudnai, Peter; Kozepesy, Szilvia; Griffin, Chris; Nesbitt, Ian; Gutleb, Arno C; Fischer, Marc E; Ligocka, Danuta; Jakubowski, Marek; M Fátima Reis; Namorado, Sónia; Lupsa, Ioana-Rodica; Gurzau, Anca E; Halzlova, Katarina; Jajcaj, Michal; Mazej, Darja; Tratnik, Janja Snoj; Lopez, Ana; Cañas, Ana; Lehmann, Andrea; Crettaz, Pierre; Den Hond, Elly; Govarts, EvaKeywords
Abstract:
The metal cadmium (Cd) is a widespread environmental pollutant with documented adverse effects on the kidneys and bones from long-term environmental exposure, but with insufficiently elucidated public health consequences such as risk of cardiovascular disease, hormone-related cancer in adults and developmental effects in children. This study is the first pan-European human biomonitoring project that succeeded in performing harmonized measurements of Cd in urine in a comparable way in mother-child couples from 16 European countries. The aim of the study was to evaluate the overall Cd exposur…