Benedetti J L, Dewailly E, Turcotte F, Lefebvre M
Centre de toxicologie du Québec, Centre hospitalier de l'université Laval, Canada.
Sci Total Environ. 1994 Aug 2;152(2):161-7. doi: 10.1016/0048-9697(94)90496-0.
Blood cadmium levels were measured in 554 persons without any known professional exposure to this metal. They were grouped in three samples; one entirely of 142 Inuit, one of 212 caucasian city dwellers and one of 200 caucasian rural residents. While blood cadmium levels measured in non-smokers are comparable to those reported in published reports, those of current cigarette smokers were 10-20 times higher than non-smokers. These blood cadmium values stand in sharp contrast to what has been published so far and make the average smokers of Canadian-made cigarettes medically unfit for employment in jobs associated with potential cadmium exposure.
对554名没有已知职业性接触这种金属的人员测量了血液中的镉含量。他们被分为三个样本组；一组完全由142名因纽特人组成，一组由212名白人城市居民组成，另一组由200名白人农村居民组成。虽然非吸烟者的血液镉含量与已发表报告中报道的相当，但当前吸烟者的血液镉含量比非吸烟者高10至20倍。这些血液镉值与迄今为止已发表的结果形成鲜明对比，使得吸食加拿大产香烟的吸烟者平均来说在医学上不适合从事与潜在镉接触相关的工作。
