Using exposure biomarkers in children to compare between-child and within-child variance and calculate correlations among siblings for multiple environmental chemicals

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-23

  Sexton, Ken ^a   Ryan, Andrew D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

environmental tobacco smoke; metals; pesticides; phthalates; polychlorinated biphenyls; volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; HEAVY METAL; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PESTICIDE; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PASSIVE SMOKING; POLLUTANT; SIBLING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; METALS, HEAVY; PESTICIDES; PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SIBLINGS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84355161648     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2011.30     Document Type: Article

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