Cut-off values of blood mercury concentration in relation to increased body mass index and waist circumference in Koreans

Journal of Investigative Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 867-871

  Bae, Suhyun ^a   Park, Soo Jung ^a   Yeum, Kyung Jin ^b   Choi, Beomhee ^c   Kim, Young Sang ^c   Joo, Nam Seok ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^c CHA University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HEAVY METAL BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; KOREAN (PEOPLE); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MERCURY BLOOD LEVEL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD; REFERENCE VALUE; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MERCURY; REFERENCE VALUES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84983449664     PISSN: 17088267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jim-2015-000039     Document Type: Article

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