Abstract
The relationship between urinary cadmium concentration (micrograms/g creatinine) and the health effects of cadmium exposure was studied in 406 inhabitants who lived in and around the Jinzu River basin. Cadmium concentration in urine was employed as the index of cadmium exposure. Total protein, glucose, calcium, and phosphorus in urine and calcium, inorganic phosphorus, and alkaline phosphatase in serum served as indices of health effects. On a group basis a close relationship was found between cadmium concentration in urine and health effects. Prevalence rates of indices of health effects increased proportionally with increasing cadmium concentrations in urine. It was concluded that cadmium concentration in urine expressed as micrograms/g creatinine is a useful parameter in estimating the health effects of cadmium exposure from the environment.
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