Increased lead biomarker levels are associated with changes in hormonal response to stress in occupationally exposed male participants

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 278-283

  Fortin, Marie C ^a   Cory Slechta, Deborah A ^b   Ohman Strickland, Pamela ^a   Nwankwo, Chizoba ^c   Yanger, T Steven ^a   Todd, Andrew C ^d   Moynihan, Jan ^b   Walton, James ^b   Brooks, Andrew ^e   Fiedler, Nancy ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; Cortisol; Lead; Pb; Trier social stress test

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; LEAD;

ADRENAL HYPORESPONSIVENESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD BONE LEVEL; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRESS; TIBIA; TRIER SOCIAL STRESS TEST; WORKER; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LEAD; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PENNSYLVANIA; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIBIA;

RODENTIA;

EID: 84856714190     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1103873     Document Type: Article

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