An assessment of sensitivity biomarkers for urinary cadmium burden

Abstract Background Excess cadmium (Cd) intake poses a general risk to health and to the kidneys in particular. Among indices of renal dysfunction under Cd burden measures are the urinary N-acetyl-β-D-glucosidase (UNAG) and urinary β2-microglobulin (Uβ2-MG) enzymes. However, the end-pointed values a...

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Main Authors: Yuting Li, Hongmei Wang, Jie Yu, Qiong Yan, Honggang Hu, Lishu Zhang, Tian Tian, Xianglei Peng, Shuo Yang, Shen Ke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12882-020-02036-9