title: [Assessment of health risk due to cadmium contaminated house gardens].
abstract: An epidemiological survey was conducted on the cadmium intoxication of 132 residents living on former sewage fields. Besides 'global biological monitoring', the relation between the cadmium secretion in urine and the load of cadmium of the kitchen gardens and flower gardens was analysed. There were significant correlations between the cadmium concentration of the residents' garden soil and their daily urine secretion, particularly for older nonsmokers who admitted "at least occasional consumption" of products from their gardens. The value of applying non-parametric correlation coefficients is proven.
authors: Institut für Didaktik der Mathematik Universität Bielefeld.
authors: R W
authors: RW
authors: Scholz
authors: H J
authors: HJ
authors: Schmitt
authors: W
authors: W
authors: Vollmer
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Vogel
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Neisel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002104:Cadmium / Q000032:analysis; D002105:Cadmium Poisoning / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005638:Fruit / Q000506:poisoning*; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012722:Sewage / Q000032:analysis*; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D014675:Vegetables / Q000506:poisoning*
chemical_list: D012722:Sewage; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D002104:Cadmium
vernacular_title: Zur Abschätzung des gesundheitlichen Risikos kadmiumbelasteter Hausgärten.