Evaluation of mercury in urine as an indicator of exposure to low levels of mercury vapor

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 623-630

  Tsuji, Joyce S ^a   Williams, Pamela R D ^a   Edwards, Melanie R ^a   Allamneni, Krishna P ^a   Kelsh, Michael A ^a   Paustenbach, Dennis J ^a   Sheehan, Patrick J ^a  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Air exposure; Background urinary mercury levels; Mercury vapor; Pooled analysis; Urinary mercury

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ACCURACY; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR SAMPLER; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; VAPOR;

EID: 0038070156     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.5717     Document Type: Review

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