Renal dysfunction and hyperuricemia with low blood lead levels and ethnicity in community-based study

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 401, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 39-43

  Lai, Li Hsing ^a   Chou, Sze Yuan ^b,c   Wu, Fang Yang ^c   Chen, Jonathan Jiunn Horng ^d   Kuo, Hsien Wen ^c,e  

^a Pu Li Christian Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b CHENG CHING GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blood lead levels (BLL); Ethnic groups; Hyperuricemia; Renal dysfunction

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MEDICAL PROBLEMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BLOOD LEAD LEVELS (BLL); ETHNIC GROUPS; HYPERURICEMIA; RENAL DYSFUNCTION;

DISEASES;

LEAD; URIC ACID;

ETHNICITY; HEALTH IMPACT; LEAD; POLLUTION EFFECT; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SERUM;

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TAIWAN; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERURICEMIA; KIDNEY DISEASES; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 44749094584     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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