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Response to the letter to the editor “Urinary cadmium and some urinary indicators of kidney tubular damage in a population exposed to chronic environmental cadmium” by Kawada

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  1. Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, 1 Chungdae-ro, Seowon-gu, Cheongju, 28644, Republic of Korea

    Sang-Yong Eom, Yong-Dae Kim & Heon Kim

  2. Office of Public Healthcare Service, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Korea

    Sang-Yong Eom

  3. Chungbuk Regional Cancer Center, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Korea

    Yong-Dae Kim

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Eom, SY., Kim, YD. & Kim, H. Response to the letter to the editor “Urinary cadmium and some urinary indicators of kidney tubular damage in a population exposed to chronic environmental cadmium” by Kawada. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 93, 1041–1042 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-020-01542-5

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