Association of tibia lead and blood lead with end-stage renal disease: A pilot study of African-Americans

Environmental Research

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 396-401

  Muntner, Paul ^a,b   Menke, Andy ^a   Batuman, Vecihi ^b   Rabito, Felicia A ^a   He, Jiang ^a,b   Todd, Andrew C ^c  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body lead burden; Chronic kidney disease; End stage renal disease; Lead

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM 109; LEAD;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BLOOD; CADMIUM; COHORT ANALYSIS; LEAD; POISONING; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BONE MINERAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIBIA; UNITED STATES; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LEAD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; TIBIA;

EID: 34249799265     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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