吸入高浓度的镉烟雾可导致化学性肺炎,50年代的调查报告亦提出与工业镉慢性接触可引起肺气肿,随后一些研究虽不支持这些早期观察结果,但根据较近在英国对镉工人的死亡率研究,支持吸入镉可作为慢性呼吸道疾病的一个原因,且大鼠的实验研究亦发 Inhalation of high concentrations of cadmium smoke can lead to chemical pneumonia. A survey in the 1950s also suggested that chronic exposure to industrial cadmium may cause emphysema, and some studies later did not support these early observations. However, according to a recent survey of cadmium workers in the UK, Mortality studies, support for inhaled cadmium can be used as a cause of chronic respiratory disease, and the experimental study of rats also