Validity of spot urine samples as a surrogate measure of 24-hour porphyrin excretion rates: Evaluation of diurnal variations in porphyrin, mercury, and creatinine concentrations among subjects with very low occupational mercury exposure

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1090-1101

  Woods, James S ^a   Martin, Michael D ^a   Leroux, Brian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; MERCURY; PORPHYRIN;

ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MERCURIALISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0032432304     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199812000-00009     Document Type: Article

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