in 2004, rodr'{i}guez-lallena and '{u}beda-flores have introduced a class of bivariate copulas which generalizes some known families such as the farlie-gumbel-morgenstern distributions. in 2006, dolati and '{u}beda-flores presented multivariate generalizations of this class. then in 2011, kim et al. generalized rodr'{i}guez-lallena and '{u}beda-flores' study to any...

Chronic occult lead poisoning often develops ensuing occupational lead exposure. Early diagnosis of lead poisoning is critical for timely discontinuation of lead exposure and for prognosis. This study explored the value of urinary kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1) in diagnosing renal injury induced by lead at an early stage. We retrospectively analyzed 92 workers exposed to occupational lead and...

Youn-Jung Kim, Young-Seok Han, Eunhee Kim, Jinho Jung, Sang-Hoon Kim, Soon-Joo Yoo, Gi-Sik Shin, Jeong-ju Oh, Areum Park, Hoon Choi, Mi-Seong Kim, Murray T. Brown and Taejun Han* 1 Department of Marine Science, Incheon National University, Incheon, South Korea 2 Green-Pioneer, Incheon, South Korea 3 Department of Oceanography, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea 4 Division of Envi...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Plasma neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL), urinary liver-type fatty acid-binding protein (L-FABP) and urinary kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1) have emerged as promising biomarkers for both acute and chronic kidney injury that also provide prognostic value for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Our aim was to evaluate their relationships with arterial stiffnes...