Elevated Blood Cadmium and Lead Levels in Chronic Pruritic Dermatoses

J Invest Dermatol. 2020 Jan;140(1):238-241. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2019.06.130. Epub 2019 Jun 26.

Authors

Sagar P Patel¹, Raveena Khanna¹, Micah Belzberg¹, Sewon Kang¹, Shawn G Kwatra²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
² Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Electronic address: skwatra1@jhmi.edu.

PMID: 31254516
DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2019.06.130

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Air Pollutants / adverse effects*
Cadmium / blood*
Chronic Disease
Cohort Studies
Cross-Sectional Studies
Dermatitis / diagnosis*
Female
Humans
Lead / blood*
Male
Pruritus / diagnosis*
Skin / pathology*
Up-Regulation
Urbanization

Substances

Air Pollutants
Cadmium
Lead