Urinary metals and metal mixtures in midlife women: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about the extent of exposure to metals and metal mixtures among midlife women.

Objectives

We assessed exposure to multiple metals in the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN), a multi-site, multi-racial/ethnic cohort of women at midlife.

Methods

We measured urinary concentrations of 21 metals (arsenic, barium, beryllium, cadmium, cobalt, chromium, cesium, copper, mercury, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, lead, platinum, antimony, tin, thallium, uranium, vanadium, tungsten and zinc) using high-resolution inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry among 1335 white, black, Chinese and Japanese women aged 45-56 years at the third SWAN annual visit (1999-2000). Least squared geometric mean concentrations were compared across race/ethni

SUBMITTER: Wang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6583796 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature