Lack of association of delta-aminolevulinate dehydratase polymorphisms with blood lead levels and hemoglobin in Romanian women from a lead-contaminated region

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 71, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 716-724

  Rabstein, Sylvia ^a   Unfried, Klaus ^b   Ranft, Ulrich ^b   Illig, Thomas ^c   Kolz, Melanie ^c   Mambetova, Chinara ^d   Vlad, Mariana ^e   Roman, Cecilia ^f   Weiss, Tobias ^a   Becker, Doreen ^a   Brüning, Thomas ^a   Pesch, Beate ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Kyrgyz Scientific Centre of Hematology   (Kyrgyzstan)

^e Professor Iuliu Moldovan Institute of Public Health Cluj Napoca   (Romania)

^f RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTATION   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; LEAD; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE;

ADULT; ALAD GENE; ALLELE; BLOOD TOXICITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MINING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROMANIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; POLLUTANT;

ADULT; AGED; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LEAD; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; ROMANIA;

EID: 46749110437     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390801985190     Document Type: Conference Paper

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