Association of renal function and δ-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase polymorphism among Vietnamese and Singapore workers exposed to inorganic lead

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 180-186

  Chia, S E ^a,b   Zhou, H J ^b   Yap, E ^b   Tham, M T ^b   Dong, N V ^c   Hong Tu, N T ^d   Chia, K S ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Ministry of Industry Vietnam   (Viet Nam)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; ALBUMIN; ALPHA 1 MICROGLOBULIN; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; INORGANIC COMPOUND; LEAD; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN URINE LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; ENZYMURIA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; URINALYSIS; VIET NAM;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; LEAD; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SINGAPORE; VIETNAM;

EID: 33644925562     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2005.021154     Document Type: Article

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