The validity of spot urine samples for low-level occupational mercury exposure assessment and relationship to porphyrin and creatinine excretion rates

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 277, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 239-244

  Martin, Michael D ^a   Mccann, Theresa ^a   Naleway, Conrad ^b   Woods, James S ^c   Leroux, Brian G ^a   Bollen, Anne Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; MERCURY; PORPHYRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENTIST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MERCURIALISM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CREATININE; DENTISTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PORPHYRINS;

EID: 0030423739     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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