Predictors of blood mercury levels in older urban residents

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 715-722

  Latshaw, Megan Weil ^a,e   Glass, Thomas ^a   Parsons, Patrick ^b   Hidalgo, Juan ^c   Schwartz, Brian ^a,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Association of State and Territorial Health Officials   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; RACE; RANDOMIZATION; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; BALTIMORE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN; MIDDLE AGED; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33746266494     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000205208.85800.70     Document Type: Article

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