Subject | Environmental Science |
Specific subject area | Environmental health |
Type of data | Tables |
How data were acquired | Downloaded from US National Center for Health Statistics and analyzed using SAS-Callable SUDAAN 10 statistical software |
Data format | Raw, and analyzed. |
Parameters for data collection | Restricted to children who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) with available environmental chemical biomonitoring and liver enzyme data. |
Description of data collection | Data collection on sociodemographic characteristics, chemical exposure and serum biomarkers of liver function. |
Data source location | NHANES—a program of studies designed to assess the health and nutritional status of adults and children in the United States of America conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). |
Data accessibility | Data are available from the US National Center for Health Statistics. https://wwwn.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes/ContinuousNhanes/Default.aspx?BeginYear=2011 https://wwwn.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes/ContinuousNhanes/Default.aspx?BeginYear=2013 |
Related research article | Attanasio R. Sex Differences in the association between perfluoroalkyl acids and liver function in US adolescents: analyses of NHANES 2013–2016. Environ Pollut 2019 Nov; 254(Pt B):113061 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113061. |