Itai-itai disease

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:disease
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Itai-itai_byo
gptkbp:causedBy cadmium poisoning
gptkbp:countryOfFirstOutbreak gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:etymology Japanese for 'it hurts, it hurts'
gptkbp:firstReported 1912
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Itai-itai disease
gptkbp:locationOfFirstOutbreak gptkb:Toyama_Prefecture
gptkbp:notableCase gptkb:Jintsu_River_basin
Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co. lawsuit
gptkbp:notableContributor gptkb:Hagino_Keisuke
gptkb:Ogawa_Masazumi
gptkbp:notableEvent official recognition as pollution disease in 1968
gptkbp:notableFor 1968
gptkbp:prevention cadmium pollution control
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:Japanese_Ministry_of_Health
one of the Four Big Pollution Diseases of Japan
gptkbp:symptom gptkb:osteomalacia
gptkb:anemia
proteinuria
bone pain
bone fractures
kidney dysfunction
renal tubular dysfunction
gptkbp:transmissionRoute contaminated rice
contaminated water
gptkbp:treatment symptomatic management
avoidance of cadmium exposure
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Minamata_disease
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6