2021
Urinary metals and metal mixtures and timing of natural menopause in midlife women: The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation
Wang X, Ding N, Harlow S, Randolph J, Mukherjee B, Gold E, Park S. Urinary metals and metal mixtures and timing of natural menopause in midlife women: The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation. Environment International 2021, 157: 106781. PMID: 34311223, PMCID: PMC8490279, DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2021.106781.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetal mixturesMetal concentrationsTiming of natural menopauseCox proportional hazards modelsNatural menopauseStudy of Women's HealthProportional hazards modelHazard ratioEnvironmental risk scoreLowest quartileIndividual metal concentrationsExposure to metalsUrinary metal concentrationsHazards modelMedian follow-upMonths of amenorrheaWomen's HealthAssociated with earlier natural menopauseEarly natural menopauseUrinary metalsNation Multi-Pollutant StudyBleeding episodesHormone therapyPremenopausal womenMedian age
2019
Urinary metals and metal mixtures in midlife women: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN)
Wang X, Mukherjee B, Batterman S, Harlow S, Park S. Urinary metals and metal mixtures in midlife women: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN). International Journal Of Hygiene And Environmental Health 2019, 222: 778-789. PMID: 31103473, PMCID: PMC6583796, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2019.05.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiple metalsMetal mixturesExposure to multiple metalsExposure patternsConcentrations of metalsExposure to metalsConsumption of seafoodHigh-resolution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometryInductively coupled plasma mass spectrometryMeasured urinary concentrationsGeometric mean concentrationsMetal exposurePlasma mass spectrometrySeafood intakeUrinary metalsMean concentrationsRice intakeSeafoodUrinary concentrationsDetectable concentrationHigher exposuresGeographical characteristicsMercuryLead levelsMetal