Blood manganese as an exposure biomarker: State of the evidence

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 210-217

  Baker, Marissa G ^a   Simpson, Christopher D ^a   Stover, Bert ^a   Sheppard, Lianne ^a   Checkoway, Harvey ^b   Racette, Brad A ^c,d   Seixas, Noah S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biomarkers of exposure; exposure assessment; manganese; occupational health; welding

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MANGANESE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WELDING;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MANGANESE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WELDING;

EID: 84897728031     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459624.2013.852280     Document Type: Article

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