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blood_mass_correct

Find average blood masses by age.

Description

If blood mass from blood_weight is negative or very small, then just default to the mean blood mass by age. (Geigy Scientific Tables, 7th ed.)

Usage

blood_mass_correct(blood_mass, age_months, age_years, gender, weight)

Arguments

`blood_mass`	A vector of blood masses in kg to be replaced with averages.
`age_months`	A vector of ages in months.
`age_years`	A vector of ages in years.
`gender`	A vector of genders (either 'Male' or 'Female').
`weight`	A vector of body weights in kg.

Value

A vector of blood masses in kg.

Author(s)

Caroline Ring

References

Geigy Pharmaceuticals, "Scientific Tables", 7th Edition, John Wiley and Sons (1970)

Ring, Caroline L., et al. "Identifying populations sensitive to environmental chemicals by simulating toxicokinetic variability." Environment International 106 (2017): 105-118

httk

High-Throughput Toxicokinetics

v2.0.4

GPL-3

Authors

John Wambaugh [aut, cre] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4024-534X>), Robert Pearce [aut] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3168-4049>), Caroline Ring [aut] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0463-1251>), Greg Honda [aut] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7713-9850>), Mark Sfeir [aut], Matt Linakis [aut] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0526-2395>), Sarah Davidson [aut] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2891-9380>), Miyuki Breen [ctb] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8511-4653>), Shannon Bell [ctb], Xiaoqing Chang [ctb] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0752-1848>), Jimena Davis [ctb], James Sluka [ctb] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5901-1404>), Nisha Sipes [ctb] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4203-6426>), Barbara Wetmore [ctb] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6878-5348>), Woodrow Setzer [ctb] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6709-9186>)

Initial release

2021-05-07