Abstract
In humans, exposure to Cadmium (Cd) occurs primarily through inhalation and ingestion. Acute Cd inhalation results in pulmonary edema and respiratory tract irritation; while chronic inhalation causes fibrotic and emphysematous changes in lung tissue as well as damage of renal proximal tubules. Several workers have reviewed the toxic effects of Cd on mammals, including man. In laboratory animals Cd produced kidney damage, testicular necrosis and atrophy, brain hemorrhage, hypertension, liver damage and reduced growth. It also induced changes in the adrenal and thyroid gland in the rat. In this study, squirrels, Funambulus pennanti, were administered a single dose of CdCl/sub 2/ intraperitoneally, and their thyroid structure and radioiodine I/sup 131/ uptake were assessed.
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