Open AccessBiomarker Levels of Toxic Metals among Asian Populations in the United States: NHANES 2011–2012
Author(s) -
Hiroshi Awata,
Stephen H. Linder,
Laura E. Mitchell,
George L. Delclos
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp27
Subject(s) - biomarker , national health and nutrition examination survey , medicine , ethnic group , pacific islanders , demography , environmental health , biology , population , biochemistry , sociology , anthropology
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.
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