Changes in epidemiologic associations with different exposure metrics: A case study of phthalate exposure associations with body mass index and waist circumference

The use of human biomonitoring data to characterize exposure to environmental contaminants in epidemiology studies has expanded greatly in recent years. Substantial variability in effect measures may arise when using different exposure metrics for a given contaminant, and it is often not clear which...

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Main Authors: Krista Christensen, Jon Sobus, Martin Phillips, Todd Blessinger, Matthew Lorber, Yu-Mei Tan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-12-01
Series:Environment International
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412014002153