Possible influence of δ-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase polymorphism and susceptability to renal toxicity of lead: A study of a Vietnamese population

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1313-1317

  Chia, Sin Eng ^a   Zhou, Huijun ^a   Tham, Mei Theng ^a   Yap, Eric ^a   Dong, Nguyen Viet ^b   Tu, Nguyen Thi Hong ^c   Chia, Kee Seng ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Ministry of Industry Vietnam   (Viet Nam)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (ALAD); HpyCH4; Intron; Lead; SNP (single neucleotide plymorphism); Urinary 1 microglobulin (U 1m); Urinary 2 microglobulin (U 2m); Urinary albumin (Ualb); Urinary retinol binding protein (URBP)

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA 1 MICROGLOBULIN; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CREATININE; LEAD; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN URINE LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; EXON; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INTRON; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIET NAM;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; KIDNEY; LEAD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; VIETNAM;

EID: 27244448804     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.7904     Document Type: Article

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