FIG. 3.

Kernel density estimators for posterior distributions (upper thick curves) of kinetic parameters, with their respective median values (thick dashed lines), and their respective prior distribution (lower thin curves), using the estimates from K&N (Table 1) as mean (thin dashed lines). The cut-off limits for the priors are also shown (thick solid lines). Abbreviations: C₇, fraction from daily systemic uptake to plasma metallothionein; C₁₆, transfer rate from red blood cells to plasma metallothionein; C₁₇, tubular reabsorptive capacity; C₁₉, excretion rate of Cd accumulated in kidney to 24-h urine; C₂₀, fraction of Cd in the plasma compartments contributing to whole blood.