Relationship among prevalence of patients with Itai-itai disease, prevalence of abnormal urinary findings, and cadmium concentrations in rice of individual hamlets in the Jinzu River basin, Toyama prefecture of Japan

References

• Fukushima M Ishizaki A Nogawa K Sakamoto M Kobayashi E 1974 Epidemiological studies on renal failure of inhabitants in ‘Itai-itai’ disease endemic district (Part 1) Some abnormal urinary findings of inhabitants living in and around the endemic district of the Jinzu River basin Jpn. J. Pub. Health 21 65 73 [in Japanese]
   Google Scholar
• Fukushima M Ishizaki A Nogawa K Sakamoto M Kobayashi E 1975 Epidemiological studies on renal failure of inhabitants in ‘Itai-itai’ disease endemic district (Part 2) Observations on urinary abnormalities and cadmium excretion of the inhabitants selected for the close examination of ‘Itai-itai’ disease Jpn. J. Pub. Health 22 217 24 [in Japanese]
   Google Scholar
• Fukushima M Sakamoto M 1974 Studies on some urinary screening tests for renal dysfunction induced by cadmium exposure. (1) Determination of glucose in urine by o-toluidine boric acid method. (2) Examination of the urinary protein determination by Kingsbury-Clark's turbidity method J. Juzen. Med. Assoc 83 733 48 [in Japanese]
   Google Scholar
• Hara K Saito K Iwata K Harada K Takebayashi S Segawa M 1993 A chronic cadmium poisoning Second Internal Department of Nagasaki University, Nagasaki [in Japanese]
   Google Scholar
• Iwata , K , Saito , H , Moriyama , M and Nakano , A . 1991a . Association between renal tubular dysfunction and mortality among residents in a cadmium-polluted area, Nagasaki, Japan . Tohoku J. Exp. Med , 164 : 93 – 102 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Iwata , K , Saito , H and Nakano , A . 1991b . Association between cadmium-induced renal dysfunction and mortality: Further evidence . Tohoku J. Exp. Med , 164 : 319 – 30 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Iwata , K , Saito , H , Moriyama , M and Nakano , A . 1992 . Follow up study of renal tubular dysfunction and mortality in residents of an area polluted with cadmium . Brit. J. Indust. Med , 49 : 736 – 7 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Kagamimori , S and Naruse , Y . 1999 . Prevalence of Itai-itai disease and suspected patients among the hamlets of the Jinzu river basin . Kankyo Hoken Report , 62 : 248 – 59 .
   Google Scholar
• Kido T Omichi M Nogawa K Honda R Tsuritani I Ishizaki M Yamada Y Kitagawa M 1991 A case among inhabitants of the Cd-polluted Kakehashi River basin in Ishikawa Prefecture Kankyo Hoken Report 58 161 5 [in Japanese]
   Google Scholar
• Matsuda , T , Kobayashi , E , Okubo , Y , Suwazono , Y , Kido , T , Nishijo , M , Nakagawa , H and Nogawa , K . 2002 . Association between renal dysfunction and mortality among inhabitants in the region around the Jinzu River basin polluted by cadmium . Environ. Res , A88 : 156 – 63 .
   Google Scholar
• Ministry of Health and Welfare 1972 Opinion of the Welfare Ministry with regard to ‘Itai-itai’ disease in Toyama Prefecture 8 May 1968a. In Environmental Agency 3 [in Japanese]
   Google Scholar
• Nakagawa , H , Nishijo , M , Morikawa , Y , Senma , M , Kawano , S , Ishizaki , M , Sugita , N , Nishi , M , Kido , T and Nogawa , K . 1993a . Urinary β2-microglobulin concentration and mortality in a cadmium-polluted area . Arch. Environ. Health , 48 : 428 – 35 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Nakagawa H Nishijo M Morikawa Y Tabata M Senma M Miura K Yoshida K Okumura Y Kawano S Kido T Kitagawa M 1993b A case received a pathological investigation of bone among inhabitants of the Cd-polluted Kakehashi River basin Kankyo Hoken Report 60 130 5 [in Japanese]
   Google Scholar
• Nakagawa , H , Tabata , M , Morikawa , Y , Senma , M , Kawano , S and Kido , T . 1990 . High mortality and shortened life-span in patients with Itai-itai disease and subjects with suspected disease . Arch. Environ. Health , 45 : 283 – 7 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Nishijo , M , Nakagawa , H , Morikawa , Y , Tabata , M , Senma , M , Miura , K , Takahara , H , Kawano , S , Nishi , M , Kido , T and Nogawa , K . 1995 . Mortality of inhabitants in an area polluted by cadmium: 15 year follow up . Occup. Environ. Med , 52 : 181 – 4 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Nogawa K 1981 Itai-Itai disease and follow-up studies: an interpretation of Cadmium in the Environment, Part 2 In Health Effects (J.O. Neiagu, ed) pp. 1 – 37 New York: Wiley-Interscience
   Google Scholar
• Nogawa , K , Ishizaki , A , Fukushima , M , Shibata , I and Hagino , N . 1975 . Studies on the women with acquired Fanconi syndrome observed in the Ichi River basin polluted by cadmium – Is this Itai-Itai disease? . Environ Res , 10 : 280 – 307 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Nogawa , K , Yamada , Y , Honda , R , Ishizaki , M , Tsuritani , I , Kawano , S and Kato , T . 1983 . The relationships between Itai-itai disease among inhabitants of the Jinzu River basin and cadmium in rice . Toxicol. Let , 17 : 263 – 6 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Toyama Prefecture Department of Health 1976 Current status of pollution of soil and its countermeasure: an interpretation of White Paper on Environmental Pollution, Toyama pp. 128 – 35 [in Japanese]
   Google Scholar