Total blood mercury concentrations in the U.S. population: 1999-2006

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 212, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 588-598

  Caldwell, Kathleen L ^a   Mortensen, Mary E ^a   Jones, Robert L ^a   Caudill, Samuel P ^a   Osterloh, John D ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental health; Exposure; Human biomonitoring; Mercury; NHANES 1999 2006

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350591012     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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