δ-Aminolevulinic acid dehydratase genotype predicts toxic effects of lead on workers' peripheral nervous system

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 374-382

  Zheng, Guang ^a   Tian, Liting ^a   Liang, Yihuai ^a,b   Broberg, Karin ^c   Lei, Lijian ^a   Guo, Weijun ^d   Nilsson, Johan ^b   Bergdahl, Ingvar A ^b   Skerfving, Staffan ^c   Jin, Taiyi ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d Forest Diseases and Insect Pests Control Station of Shengzhou City   (China)

Author keywords

ALAD; Gene environment interaction; Haem synthesis; Kidney; Lead; Peripheral nervous system

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LEAD; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE 1; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE 2; PROTOPORPHYRIN ZINC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALAD1 GENE; ALAD2 GENE; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HEME SYNTHESIS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOXICOKINETICS; WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEME; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LEAD; LEAD POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM, ADULT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEDIAN NEUROPATHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERONEAL NEUROPATHIES; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; RECEPTORS, CALCITRIOL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSATION; ULNAR NEUROPATHIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955098977     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: 18729711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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