Evaluation of physiological measures for correcting variation in urinary output: Implications for assessing environmental chemical exposure in children

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 336-342

  Pearson, Melanie A ^a   Lu, Chensheng ^a,b   Schmotzer, Brian J ^a   Waller, Lance A ^a   Riederer, Anne M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Creatinine; Specific gravity; Urinary biomarker

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CREATININE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 60349086317     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2008.48     Document Type: Article

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