Use of NHANES Data to Link Chemical Exposures to Chronic Diseases: A Cautionary Tale

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  LaKind, Judy S ^a,b,c   Goodman, Michael ^d   Naiman, Daniel Q ^e  

^a LaKind Associates LLC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNICITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH AND NUTRITION EXAMINATION SURVEY; RACE; SITTING; SMOKING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY DISEASE; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUTRITION SURVEYS; ODDS RATIO; PHENOLS;

EID: 84870833968     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051086     Document Type: Article

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