Urinary creatinine concentrations in the U.S. population: Implications for urinary biologic monitoring measurements

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 192-200

  Barr, Dana B ^a   Wilder, Lynn C ^b   Caudill, Samuel P ^a   Gonzalez, Amanda J ^b   Needham, Lance L ^b   Pirkle, James L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Creatinine; Creatinine adjustment; Urine

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CREATININE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; XENOBIOTICS;

EID: 14744271278     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.7337     Document Type: Article

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