====== Cadmium ======

The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), based in Atlanta, Georgia, is a federal public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The //[[https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/csem/csem.html|Case Studies in Environmental Medicine]]// (CSEM) are a series of self-instructional publications designed to increase the primary care provider's knowledge of hazardous substances in the environment and to aid in the evaluation of potentially exposed patients. Cadmium is included in Substance-Specific Continuing Education Courses.

  * [[http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/csem/cadmium/|CSEM page on Cadmium Toxicity]]
  * [[http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/csem/cadmium/docs/cadmium.pdf|PDF version]]
  * [[http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts5.pdf|ATSDR fact sheet on Cadmium]]
  * [[http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/phs5.html|ATSDR Public Health Statement on Cadmium]]

**Reference:**  [[http://www.chestjournal.org/cgi/reprint/86/5/789|Barnhart S,]] Rosenstock L. Cadmium chemical pneumonitis. Chest 1984;86:789-91