Correction to: Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology (2006) 16, 138–146; advanced online publication, 17 August 2005; doi:10.1038/sj.jea.7500445.

Tables 1 and 5 were published with errors. They are printed here correctly in their entirety.

Table 1 Distribution of age and consecutive resident duration by gender and township.
Table 2 Chromium in whole blood of the study population from Changhua, Taiwan (35–64 years).