Exposure Assessment of Cadmium in Female Farmers in Cadmium-Polluted Areas in Northern Japan.

ABSTRACT: Akita prefecture is located in the northern part of Japan and has many cadmium-polluted areas. We herein performed an exposure assessment of cadmium in 712 and 432 female farmers in two adjacent cadmium-polluted areas (A and B, respectively), who underwent local health examinations from 2001-2004. We measured cadmium concentrations in 100 food items collected from local markets in 2003. We then multiplied the intake of each food item by its cadmium concentration in each subject to assess cadmium intake from food and summed cadmium intake from all food items to obtain the total cadmium intake. Median cadmium intake levels in areas A and B were 55.7 and 47.8 µg/day, respectively, which were both higher than that of the general population and were attributed to local agricultural products, pa

SUBMITTER: Horiguchi H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7356160 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature