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Table 1 List of metals with their abbreviations analyzed in the NBCS study

From: Two-step approach for assessing the health effects of environmental chemical mixtures: application to simulated datasets and real data from the Navajo Birth Cohort Study

Abbreviations

Description of metal analytes in NBCS

BCD

Cadmium - Blood

BHGE

Ethyl Mercury - Blood

BHGM

Methyl Mercury - Blood

BMN

Manganese - Blood

BPB

Lead - Blood

BSE

Selenium - Blood

IHG

Inorganic Mercury - Blood

THG

Mercury Total - Blood

SCU

Copper - Serum

SSE

Selenium - Serum

SZN

Zinc - Serum

UAS3

Arsenous (III) acid - Urine

UAS5

Arsenic (V) acid - Urine

UASB

Arsenobetaine - Urine

UASC

Arsenocholine - Urine

UBA

Barium - Urine

UBE

Beryllium - Urine

UCD

Cadmium - Urine

UCO

Cobalt - Urine

UCS

Cesium - Urine

UDMA

Dimethylarsinic Acid - Urine

UHG

Mercury - Urine

UIO

Iodine - Urine

UMMA

Monomethylarsinic Acid - Urine

UMN

Manganese - Urine

UMO

Molybdenum - Urine

UPB

Lead - Urine

UPT

Platinum - Urine

USB

Antimony - Urine

USN

Tin - Urine

USR

Strontium - Urine

UTAS

Arsenic Total - Urine

UTL

Thallium - Urine

UTMO

Trimethylarsine - Urine

UTU

Tungsten - Urine

UUR

Uranium - Urine