Urinary arsenic species, toenail arsenic, and arsenic intake estimates in a Michigan population with low levels of arsenic in drinking water

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 182-190

  Rivera Núñez, Zorimar ^a   Meliker, Jaymie R ^b   Meeker, John D ^a   Slotnick, Melissa J ^a   Nriagu, Jerome O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

arsenic exposure; arsenic metabolites; arsenobetaine; categorical variables; exposure metric; organoarsenicals

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAIL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEA FOOD; UNITED STATES; URINE;

AGED; ARSENIC; ARSENICALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEAFOOD; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84857356602     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2011.27     Document Type: Article

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