title: Clinical and biochemical abnormalities in coppersmiths exposed to cadmium.
abstract: 5(18.5%) of a group 27 coppersmiths exposed to cadmium fume had stone disease. When compared with a control group of assembly workers in the same factory they had evidence of renal impairment as shown by blood biochemistry and proteinuria. A greater tendency to liver damage was found in the coppersmiths. There was evidence that restrictive airways disease was more common in the coppersmiths than in the control group. Blood-cadmium concentrations were significantly higher in the coppersmiths and in the assembly workers than in a reference population.
mesh_terms: D002104:Cadmium / Q000378:metabolism; D002105:Cadmium Poisoning / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003300:Copper; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000139:chemically induced; D008099:Liver / Q000503:physiopathology; D008168:Lung / Q000503:physiopathology; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000139:chemically induced; D008297:Male; D008669:Metallurgy; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*; D010710:Phosphates / Q000097:blood; D011507:Proteinuria / Q000139:chemically induced; D012606:Scotland
chemical_list: D010710:Phosphates; D002104:Cadmium; D003300:Copper; D003404:Creatinine