Vitamin D receptor Fok1 polymorphism and blood lead concentration in children

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 111, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1665-1669

  Haynes, Erin N ^a,b,c   Kalkwarf, Heidi J ^a   Hornung, Richard ^a,d   Wenstrup, Richard ^a   Dietrich, Kim ^a,b   Lanphear, Bruce P ^a,b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Dust; Environmental exposure; Fok1; Gene environment; Lead; Lead poisoning; VDR; Vitamin D receptor

Indexed keywords

LEAD; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0142124275     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.6167     Document Type: Review

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