Possibilities of newer ALAD polymorphism influencing human susceptibility to effects of inorganic lead on the neurobehavioral functions

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 312-317

  Chia, Sin Eng ^a   Huijun, Zhou ^a   Theng, Tham Mei ^a   Yap, Eric ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b DSO NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Lead; Neurobehavioral tests; Newer ALAD SNPs; Rsa; Rsa39488

Indexed keywords

LEAD; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DUST; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM, ADULT; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDES; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 34249735864     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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