Cumulative lead exposure and tooth loss in men: The normative aging study

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1531-1534

  Arora, Manish ^a,b   Weuve, Jennifer ^a,c   Weisskopf, Marc G ^a   Sparrow, David ^d,e   Nie, Huiling ^a   Garcia, Raul I ^d,f   Hu, Howard ^a,g  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Blood lead; Bone lead; KXRF; Tooth loss

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BONE LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATELLA; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TIBIA; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LEAD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TOOTH LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449589836     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0900739     Document Type: Article

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