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Electron Physician. 2016 Feb 25;8(2):1964-5. doi: 10.19082/1964. eCollection 2016 Feb.

Effect of cadmium toxicity on Vertebrates.

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Mona S Zaki, Alaa Zakaria, Ismael Abd El-Moneen Eissa, Ahmed Ismael Noor Eldeen

Affiliations

  1. Department of Hydrobiology, National Research center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt.
  2. Department of Fish Diseases and Management, Faculty of Vet. Med., Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt.

PMID: 27054005 PMCID: PMC4821311 DOI: 10.19082/1964

Abstract

This short article reviews the effect of the toxicity of the heavy metal, cadmium, which, as a contaminant of freshwater, is a threat to human health and can cause itai-itai disease.

Keywords: cadmium toxicity; itai-itai disease; toxicity

References

  1. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol. 2004 Apr;72(4):733-40 - PubMed

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