Urinary trace element concentrations in environmental settings: Is there a value for systematic creatinine adjustment or do we introduce a bias?

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 296-302

  Hoet, Perrine ^a   Deumer, Gladys ^a,b   Bernard, Alfred ^a   Lison, Dominique ^a   Haufroid, Vincent ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

biomonitoring; metals; personal exposure

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CREATINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRACE ELEMENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926229122     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2015.23     Document Type: Article

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