Is lead exposure a risk factor for bone loss?

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 461-464

  Potula, Vijayalakshmi ^a   Kaye, Wendy ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCITONIN; CALCIUM; LEAD; VITAMIN D;

ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BONE DENSITY; BONE METABOLISM; BONE TURNOVER; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OSTEOLYSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; BONE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MENOPAUSE; METABOLISM; OSTEOPOROSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

BONE AND BONES; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MENOPAUSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 26944433717     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2005.14.461     Document Type: Article

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