Published April 2019 | Version v1
Journal article

Melamine and cyanuric acid exposure and kidney injury in US children

  • 1. Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, Seattle, WA (United States)
  • 2. Department of Pediatrics, Division of General Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
  • 3. Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA (United States)
  • 4. Department of Pediatrics, Division of Nephrology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
  • 5. Department of Pediatrics, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY (United States)

Description

Melamine and cyanuric acid, which are currently used in a variety of common consumer products and present in foods, have been implicated in the development of urolithiasis and acute kidney injury in Chinese children. To determine whether US children have measurable concentrations of these chemicals in their bodies and whether they are at greater risk of acute kidney injury, we measured melamine and cyanuric acid exposure in a cohort of US children and determined their relationship with markers of kidney injury.

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.envres.2018.10.038;
PII
S0013935118305711;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Environmental Research
Journal Volume
171
Journal Page Range
p. 18-23
ISSN
0013-9351
CODEN
ENVRAL

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
55023815
Subject category
S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
Descriptors DEI
CHILDREN; ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; HAZARDS; KIDNEYS; MELAMINE
Descriptors DEC
AGE GROUPS; AMINES; ANIMALS; AZINES; BODY; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; MAMMALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; ORGANS; PRIMATES; TRIAZINES; VERTEBRATES

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