Changing blood lead levels and DNA damage (comet assay) among immigrant women in Taiwan

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 5931-5936

  Wu, Wei Te ^a   Liou, Saou Hsing ^b,c   Lin, Kuo Juei ^d,e   Liu, Tsu En ^d   Liu, Shu Hui ^a   Chen, Chiu Ying ^d   Sung, Fung Chang ^d   Wu, Trong Neng ^a,b,d  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blood lead; Comet assay; DNA damage; Environmental health; Immigrant women; Prevalence survey

Indexed keywords

BLOOD LEAD; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; IMMIGRANT WOMEN; PREVALENCE SURVEY;

BLOOD; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GENES; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEYS; ZINC;

LEAD;

LEAD; ZINC;

ASSAY; BLOOD; DNA; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; LEAD; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMIGRANT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TAIWAN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; TAIWAN;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAICHUNG; TAIWAN;

EID: 70349589586     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.07.025     Document Type: Article

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