Association between 24-Hour Urinary Cadmium and Pulmonary Function among Community-Exposed Men: The VA Normative Aging Study
Lampe B, Park S, Robins T, Mukherjee B, Litonjua A, Amarasiriwardena C, Weisskopf M, Sparrow D, Hu H. Association between 24-Hour Urinary Cadmium and Pulmonary Function among Community-Exposed Men: The VA Normative Aging Study. Environmental Health Perspectives 2008, 116: 1226-1230. PMID: 18795167, PMCID: PMC2535626, DOI: 10.1289/ehp.11265.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmoking statusCommunity-based study of agingAssessed effect modificationForced vital capacityPulmonary functionCommunity-based studyAssociated with forced expiratory volumeStudy of AgingFEV(1)/FVC ratioCadmium exposureUrinary cadmiumNormative Aging StudyEffect modificationEnvironmental cadmium exposureLevels of cadmium exposureAssociated with reduced pulmonary functionTests of pulmonary functionMixed-effects modelsAging StudyChronic cadmium exposureSmokingCadmium body burdenForced expiratory volumeCigarette smokingLog unit increase