The protective effect of δ-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase 1-2 and 2-2 isozymes against blood lead with higher hematologic parameters

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 538-541

  Kim, Hee Seon ^a   Lee, Sung Soo ^a   Lee, Gap Soo ^a   Hwangbo, Young ^a   Ahn, Kyu Dong ^a   Lee, Byung Kook ^a  

^a Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hemoglobin; Lead; Zinc protoporphyrin; aminolevulinic acid dehydratase polymorphism

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; ISOENZYME; LEAD; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; PROTOPORPHYRIN ZINC;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; KOREA; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 13544276679     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.6464     Document Type: Article

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