Concentrations of biomarkers in spot urine samples need adjustment for variation in dilution-Comment on: "Distribution of urinary selenium and arsenic among pregnant women exposed to arsenic in drinking water" [Environ Res. 2006;100(1):115-122]

Environmental Research

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 312-313

  Vahter, Marie ^a   Björkman, Lars ^b   Goessler, Walter ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATININE; DRINKING WATER; SELENIUM;

ARSENIC; BIOMARKER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PREGNANCY; SELENIUM; URINE; WATER POLLUTION; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; CHILE; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DATA ANALYSIS; DILUTION; FLUID INTAKE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYPOTHESIS; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE COLOR;

EID: 34247575756     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2006.11.004     Document Type: Note

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