title: Liver cadmium levels in North Carolina residents who died of heart disease.
abstract: Using data from an autopsy series, we found a strong positive correlation between liver concentration of cadmium and death from heart disease. In view of recent experiments reported in the literature, the possibility that a low level of cadmium has a toxic effect on the cardiac conduction system is supported.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001344:Autopsy; D002104:Cadmium / Q000032:analysis*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000032:analysis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009657:North Carolina; D012907:Smoking / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D002104:Cadmium