2022
DOI: 10.20473/jkl.v14i1.2022.21-26
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Urinary Cadmium Level Causing Impaired Kidney Function in Farmers in Gintungan Village, Bandungan District

Abstract: Introduction: Farmers apply pesticides to control pests on vegetable farming in Semarang regency. One of the active ingredients of pesticides is cadmium (Cd), and exposure to cadmium in humans can interfere with kidney function. High exposure to Cd may cause the effects of chronic kidney failure. If there are a lot of free Cd ions in the body, the ability of the kidneys to produce metallothionein will be reduced. Thus, it may damage the kidney tubules as it results in high levels of urinary Cd which can be tox… Show more

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