Sentence examples for element exposure from inspiring English sources
The nutrient quality of the diet has been shown repeatedly to be a significant factor in modifying the response of man and animals to toxic element exposure.
The mothers of healthy term newborns contacted or enrolled in the Phime cohort study (Public health impact of long-term, low-level mixed element exposure in susceptible population strata, 6th Framework Program) were asked to participate in this survey.
Human and animal hair, as well as human finger nails or clippings thereof, all predominantly comprised of keratin, have been the subject of many studies owing to their capability as a biomonitor of past (trace) element exposure [ 66– 70].
Future studies should employ longitudinal designs and include measurements of calcium and phosphorus metabolism to better understand the implications of early trace element exposure on vitamin D and mineral metabolism.
Several of these studies were clinic-based, and assessed particular effects of trace element exposure on children's intellectual function and neurologic function (Hafeman et al. 2005; Wasserman et al. 2004, 2006).
A study of pediatric mercury exposure in the mining area of Camilo Ponce Enriquez, Ecuador, within the framework of PHIME Public Health Impactt of long-term, low-level Mixed Element exposure in susceptible population strata) reported a geometric mean mercury concentration in blood of 3.23 μg/L (range, 1.0 25 μg/L) among 69 children 7 10 years of age (Hrubá et al. 2012; Pawlas et al. 2013).
In the non-parametric calculation first, the top 10% of results were discarded assuming that those specimens came from individuals with unusually high trace element exposures.
A fourth element, exposure-induced alteration of epigenetic marks of germ cell lineage DNA, seems necessary for transgenerational transmission of environmentally induced epigenetic changes.
Hair is used to determine trace elements exposure and status of pinnipeds because it is an excretory route for many elements and can be collected non-lethally.
It needs to be decomposed into its two elements, exposure prevalence and attributable fraction among the exposed: only the latter tells how much an exposure under consideration accounts for the disease (assuming causality is established), hence how worth it may be to look for other causes as well.
