Intra-individual variability in toenail arsenic concentrations in a Michigan population, USA

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 149-157

  Slotnick, Melissa J ^a   Meliker, Jaymie R ^b   Nriagu, Jerome O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b BIOMEDWARE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Biomarkers; Exposure assessment; Temporal variability; Toenails

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DRINKING WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAIL; POPULATION RESEARCH; TOE; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DRINKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 39549112766     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jes.7500569     Document Type: Article

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