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Itai-Itai Disease
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Itai-Itai Disease
A form of renal osteodystrophy—osteomalacia with marked bone pain and painful fractures—described in multiparous Japanese women due to cadmium accumulation in bone, caused by industrial pollutants
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The toxic effect of cadmium on bone became evident at the outbreak of Itai-itai disease in Japan, where severe renal and skeletal damage in women was associated with consumption of heavily cadmium-polluted rice (Kjellstrom 1992).
Cadmium-induced effects on bone in a population-based study of women by Vahter, Marie / Environmental Health Perspectives
Cadmium, a toxic metallic element, is known to be the cause of Itai-itai Disease, considered to be a type of acquired Fanconi Syndrome characterized by kidney dysfunction and osteomalacia, which plagued a number of people, mainly women, in Toyama Prefecture in the 1950s.
Rice from area in Yamagata Pref. has high cadmium levels by Asian Economic News
Cadmium is known to be the cause of Itai-itai Disease, considered to be a type of acquired Fanconi Syndrome characterized by kidney dysfunction and osteomalacia, which plagued a number of people, mainly women, in Toyama Prefecture in the 1950s.
Gov't may release info on cadmium survey on rice by Japan Weekly Monitor
 
 
 
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