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Contribution of cigarette smoking to cadmium accumulation in man

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A North Carolina autopsy population was examined for cadmium level in lung, liver and kidney. A questionnaire on the smoking habits and occupational exposure of each decedent was sent to the nearest relative. Analysis of these data indicates a positive association between cigarette smoking and body burden of cadmium as indexed by the organs, thus confirming the work by LEWIS and colleagues, who concluded that tobacco smoke constitutes a major source for cadmium accumulation in man.

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  1. Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27514, N.C.

    Mark S. Shuman

  2. Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Louisiana State University Medical Center, 70112, New Orleans, La.

    A. Wouter Voors

  3. Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27514, N.C.

    Philip N. Gallacher

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Research sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency by Contract No. CPA 70–105. This paper does not necessarily represent the views or stated policy of this agency.

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Shuman, M.S., Voors, A.W. & Gallacher, P.N. Contribution of cigarette smoking to cadmium accumulation in man. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 12, 570–576 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01684921

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