Association between Concentrations of Metals in Urine and Adult Asthma: A Case-Control Study in Wuhan, China

Xiji Huang; Jungang Xie; Xiuqing Cui; Yun Zhou; Xiaojie Wu; Wei Lu; Yan Shen; Jing Yuan; Weihong Chen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0155818

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Association between Concentrations of Metals in Urine and Adult Asthma: A Case-Control Study in Wuhan, China

Xiji Huang,

Affiliation Department of Occupational & Environmental Health and Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Environmental Protection, and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubating), School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Jungang Xie,

Affiliation Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Xiuqing Cui,

Affiliation Department of Occupational & Environmental Health and Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Environmental Protection, and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubating), School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Yun Zhou,

Affiliation Department of Occupational & Environmental Health and Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Environmental Protection, and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubating), School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Xiaojie Wu,

Affiliation Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Wei Lu,

Affiliation Department of Occupational & Environmental Health and Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Environmental Protection, and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubating), School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Yan Shen,

Affiliation Department of Occupational & Environmental Health and Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Environmental Protection, and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubating), School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Jing Yuan,

Affiliation Department of Occupational & Environmental Health and Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Environmental Protection, and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubating), School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Weihong Chen

* E-mail: wchen@mails.tjmu.edu.cn

Affiliation Department of Occupational & Environmental Health and Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Environmental Protection, and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubating), School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Association between Concentrations of Metals in Urine and Adult Asthma: A Case-Control Study in Wuhan, China

Xiji Huang,
Jungang Xie,
Xiuqing Cui,
Yun Zhou,
Xiaojie Wu,
Wei Lu,
Yan Shen,
Jing Yuan,
Weihong Chen

Published: May 18, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155818

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