Longitudinal associations between lead dose and renal function in lead workers

Environmental Research

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 101-107

  Weaver, Virginia M ^a,b   Griswold, Michael ^c   Todd, Andrew C ^d   Jaar, Bernard G ^b,c   Ahn, Kyu Dong ^e   Thompson, Carol B ^c   Lee, Byung Kook ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Blood lead; Lead exposure; Longitudinal; Renal function; Tibia lead

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; LEAD;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; LEAD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SERUM; UREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MINERAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CREATININE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; LEAD; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TIBIA;

EID: 57649195975     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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