TY - JOUR AU - Zeneli, Lulzim AU - Daci, Nexhat AU - Paçarizi, Hidajet AU - Daci-Ajvazi, Majlinda PY - 2010 TI - Interaction between Cadmium and Calcium in Human Blood at the Smokers JF - American Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology VL - 5 IS - 1 DO - 10.3844/ajptsp.2010.48.51 UR - https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajptsp.2010.48.51 AB - Problem statement: Defining of correlation between toxic and essential elements in human beings is an important clinical screening procedure. Approach: The aim of this study was to determine the correlation between cadmium as toxic element and calcium as an essential element in the blood at the smokers. We have investigated 50 human blood samples of different ages and genders (age: 35-45 years old), of the citizens from the Municipality of Dragash (an environment without pollution). Results: The results that were achieved in this study showed the significant difference in the average of cadmium concentration in human blood of the smokers group from nonsmokers group (p =