Mounting evidence supports that cadmium, a toxic metal found in tobacco, air and food, is a
cardiovascular risk factor. Our objective was to conduct a systematic review of epidemiologic …

Cadmium (Cd) and its compounds were classified as" carcinogenic to humans (Group 1)" by
IARC in 1993. The observation of an increased number of lung cancers in a US cohort of …

Objective To clarify the causes of deaths among patients with Itai-itai disease and severe
cadmium (Cd) poisoning. Design Nested case–control analysis of a population-based …

Abstract Background Dayu County, which is located in southwestern Jiangxi Province in
China, has been a cadmium (Cd)-contaminated area since the 1960s. A series of studies …

Despite the connections between soils and human health, there has not been a great
amount of attention focused on this area when compared to many other fields of scientific …

BACKGROUND: It is unclear whether environmental cadmium exposure is associated with
cardiovascular disease, although recent data suggest associations with myocardial …

It is conceivable that toxic metals contribute to obesity by influencing various aspects of
metabolism, such as by substituting for essential micronutrients and vital metals, or by …

We measured the levels of malondialdehyde (MDA), protein carbonyls, glutathione S-
transferase (GST) and reducte glutathione (GSH) in seminal plasma and spermatozoa from …

Laboratory data implicate cadmium as a prostate carcinogen. However, epidemiological
studies concerning the association between cadmium and prostate cancer are inconclusive …

Although oxidative stress has been proposed as a mechanism of lead and cadmium toxicity
mostly based on in vitro experiments or animal studies, it is uncertain whether this …