Decrease in Blood Cadmium Levels over Time in Belgium
- 1 October 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Archives of environmental health
- Vol. 47 (5) , 354-356
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00039896.1992.9938374
Abstract
During the time period from 1984 to 1988, blood cadmium concentration decreased by 56% in 31 males who were not occupationally exposed to cadmium and who lived in a Belgian urban area where there existed nonferrous industries. A 40% decrease in blood cadmium concentration was also observed in an independent cross-sectional survey conducted in 1985 and 1988 among 412 subjects who lived in a rural area. This latter decrease persisted when the main determinants of blood cadmium concentration—gender, age, and tobacco—were allowed for. The results presented are consistent with a decrease in environmental cadmium exposure in Belgium.Keywords
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