Evidence of genetic effects on blood lead concentration

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1224-1230

  Whitfield, John B ^a,b   Dy, Veronica ^a   McQuilty, Robert ^a   Zhu, Gu ^b   Montgomery, Grant W ^b   Ferreira, Manuel A R ^b   Duffy, David L ^b   Neale, Michael C ^c   Heijmans, Bas T ^d   Heath, Andrew C ^e   Martin, Nicholas G ^b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood lead; Heritability; Linkage; Toxicogenetics; Twin study

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; HFE PROTEIN; IRON; LEAD; SLC4A7 PROTEIN; BICARBONATE SODIUM COTRANSPORTER; FERRITIN; HFE PROTEIN, HUMAN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SLC4A7 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSFERRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIC ACID;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHROMOSOME 3; DEMOGRAPHY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IRON METABOLISM; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL CLASS; AGED; BLOOD; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; POLLUTANT; TWINS;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUSTRALIA; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 3; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FERRITINS; GENOTYPE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; IRON; LEAD; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SODIUM-BICARBONATE SYMPORTERS; TRANSFERRIN; TWINS; URIC ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 34848818008     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8847     Document Type: Article

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