Biomarker Levels of Toxic Metals among Asian Populations in the United States: NHANES 2011-2012.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently found that Asians have considerably higher biomarker levels of cadmium, lead, mercury, and arsenic than whites, blacks, Mexican Americans, and other Hispanics in the United States.

Objective

Our goal was to further evaluate the higher metal biomarker levels among Asians.

Methods

Biomarker data (blood cadmium, blood lead, blood mercury, urinary total arsenic, and urinary dimethylarsinic acic) from individuals ≥ 6 years of age were obtained from the 2011-2012 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). We compared geometric mean levels of these five metal biomarkers in Asians with those of four other NHANES race/ethnic groups (white, black, Mexican American, and other Hispanic), an

SUBMITTER: Awata H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5332180 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature