Total blood mercury and serum measles antibodies in US children, NHANES 2003-2004

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 410-411, Issue , 2011, Pages 65-71

  Gallagher, Carolyn M ^a,b   Smith, Dylan M ^b,c   Meliker, Jaymie R ^b,d  

^a Health and Clinical Outcomes Research (CMG)   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Center for Medical Humanities Compassionate Care and Bioethics (DMS)   (United States)

^d Graduate Program in Public Health (JRM)   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Folate; Homocysteine; Measles antibodies; Mercury; Methylmalonic acid

Indexed keywords

CHILDREN; FOLATE; HOMOCYSTEINES; MEASLES ANTIBODIES; METHYLMALONIC ACID;

BLOOD; MERCURY (METAL); VIRUSES;

ANTIBODIES;

FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; MEASLES ANTIBODY; MERCURY; METHYLMALONIC ACID;

ANTIBODY; CHILD HEALTH; MEASLES; MERCURY (ELEMENT); ORGANIC ACID; PATHOGEN; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SERUM; TOXICITY; TOXIN;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEASLES VIRUS; MERCURY BLOOD LEVEL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; MERCURY; METHYLMALONIC ACID; NUTRITION SURVEYS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80655146966     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.09.038     Document Type: Article

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