An unexpected distribution of sodium concentration in serum specimens stored for more than 30 years

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 178-181

  Longnecker, Matthew P ^a   Zhou, Haibo ^a,b   Klebanoff, Mark A ^c   Brock, John W ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood; Clinical Chemistry; Cohort Studies; Desiccation; Epidemiology; Sodium

Indexed keywords

SODIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESALINATION; DESICCATION; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGENY; SAMPLING; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; COHORT STUDIES; DESICCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SODIUM; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037369532     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(02)00415-5     Document Type: Article

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