Chronologically matched toenail-Hg to hair-Hg ratio: Temporal analysis within the Japanese community (U.S.)

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Hinners, Thomas ^a   Tsuchiya, Ami ^b   Stern, Alan H ^c   Burbacher, Thomas M ^b   Faustman, Elaine M ^b   Marin, Koenraad ^d  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

^d Department of Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Cardiovascular; Chronological; Hair; Mercury; Methylmercury; Toenail

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY;

BIOMARKER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONOLOGY; CORRELATION; HAIR; HEALTH RISK; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAIR; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; JAPANESE; NAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE LEVEL; TOENAIL LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

PUGET SOUND; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 84870501774     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-11-81     Document Type: Article

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