Bone resorption acceleration and calcium reabsorption impairment in a Thai population with high cadmium exposure

• Main Authors: Nambunmee K., Honda R., Nishijo M., Swaddiwudhipong W., Nakagawa H., Ruangyuttikarn W.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77149169461&partnerID=40&md5=2df694dc54ee6e6e019f857d1d8d2081; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20001568; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/2629
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Some residents of the Mae Sot district in Thailand have suffered long-term exposure to elevated dietary levels of cadmium. To test the hypothesis that chronic dietary cadmium exposure can cause imbalance in calcium dynamics and accelerate bone resorption, a group of these residents (156 men and 256...