Cadmium exposure as a contributing factor to hepato-renal injury in apparently healthy active cigarette smokers in buea-cameroon
Jr Nyambi Nkiackmenyi Ramin, Arnaud Fondjo Kouam, Elisabeth Menkem Zeuko’o, Armel Jackson Seukep, Armelle Gaelle Kwesseu Fepa, Fils Armand Ella, Pascal Dieudonné Chuisseu Djamen, Frédéric Nico Njayou · 2026
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Jr Nyambi Nkiackmenyi Ramin and colleagues measured cadmium, a toxic metal in cigarette smoke, among healthy smokers in Buea, Cameroon. Smoke carries many poisons together, so liver and kidney harm cannot be pinned on one metal alone. One hundred and two smokers were grouped as light, moderate, or heavy, with blood and urine tests for liver and kidney markers, set beside non smokers.
Cadmium per gram of tobacco was similar across major brands. Heavy smokers breathed in many times the safe daily level, though their share of weekly tolerable intake stayed in single digits. Liver and kidney markers ran worse in smokers, and rose with smoking load. Cutting smoking, the authors stress, cuts a proven multi poison exposure.
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| CREATOR | Jr Nyambi Nkiackmenyi Ramin, Arnaud Fondjo Kouam, Elisabeth Menkem Zeuko’o, Armel Jackson Seukep, Armelle Gaelle Kwesseu Fepa, Fils Armand Ella, Pascal Dieudonné Chuisseu Djamen, Frédéric Nico Njayou |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 59122 |
| LICENSE | CC_BY |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | PLOS |