Effects of nutritional measures on toenail arsenic concentration as a biomarker of arsenic exposure

Biomarkers

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 451-466

  Slotnick, Melissa J ^a   Meliker, Jaymie R ^b,c   Kannan, Srimathi ^d   Nriagu, Jerome O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BIOMEDWARE INC   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Diet; Drinking water; Exposure biomarker; Toenail

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ARSENIC; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCIUM; DRINKING WATER; IRON; SELENIUM; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BODY MASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINERAL INTAKE; NAIL; SKIN EXAMINATION; TOE; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN INTAKE; WATER ANALYSIS;

AGED; ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; MINERALS; NAILS; VITAMINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 47949112867     PISSN: 1354750X     EISSN: 13665804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13547500802029050     Document Type: Article

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