Kidney biomarkers associated with blood lead, mercury, and cadmium in premenopausal women: A prospective cohort study

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 119-131

  Pollack, Anna Z ^a,b   Mumford, Sunni L ^a   Mendola, Pauline ^a   Perkins, Neil J ^a   Rotman, Yaron ^c   Wactawski Wende, Jean ^d   Schisterman, Enrique F ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CADMIUM; CHLORIDE; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; LEAD; MERCURY; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; URIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CADMIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CALORIE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEAVY METAL BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER FUNCTION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MERCURY BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE; SMOKING; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; LIVER; METABOLISM; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; BODY MASS INDEX; CADMIUM; CREATININE; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LEAD; LINEAR MODELS; LIVER; MERCURY; PREMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84913528893     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2014.944680     Document Type: Article

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