The relationships between blood lead levels and serum follicle stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone in the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Environmental Research

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 374-382

  Krieg Jr , Edward F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood lead; Follicle stimulating hormone; FSH; LH; Luteinizing hormone; NHANES III

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LEAD; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

BLOOD; CONTRACEPTIVE USE; HEALTH SURVEY; HORMONE; LEAD; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; OVARIECTOMY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BONE DENSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, HUMAN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEAD; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OVARIECTOMY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249816766     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2006.09.009     Document Type: Article

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