Blood metal levels and serum testosterone concentrations in male and female children and adolescents: NHANES 2011–2012

Qi Yao; Ge Zhou; Meilin Xu; Jianguo Dai; Ziwei Qian; Zijing Cai; Luyao Zhang; Yong Tan; Rongkui Hu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0224892

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Blood metal levels and serum testosterone concentrations in male and female children and adolescents: NHANES 2011–2012

Qi Yao ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Qi Yao, Ge Zhou

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Pathophysiology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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Ge Zhou ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Qi Yao, Ge Zhou

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Reproductive Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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Meilin Xu,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical department life science China, GE healthcare China, Beijing, China
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Jianguo Dai,

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Pathophysiology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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Ziwei Qian,

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Pathophysiology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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Zijing Cai,

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Pathophysiology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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Luyao Zhang,

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Pathophysiology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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Yong Tan ,

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: xiangyu198110@163.com (RH); xijun1025@163.com (YT)

Affiliation Department of Reproductive Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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Rongkui Hu

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: xiangyu198110@163.com (RH); xijun1025@163.com (YT)

Affiliation Department of Reproductive Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3725-8270

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Blood metal levels and serum testosterone concentrations in male and female children and adolescents: NHANES 2011–2012

Qi Yao,
Ge Zhou,
Meilin Xu,
Jianguo Dai,
Ziwei Qian,
Zijing Cai,
Luyao Zhang,
Yong Tan,
Rongkui Hu

Published: November 7, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224892

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