Racial disparities in children's blood lead levels: Possible implication of divalent metal transporter 1

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 71-73

  Ngueta, Gerard ^a  

^a University Laval   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; LEAD; NATURAL RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN 2;

ARTICLE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTESTINE CELL; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON INTAKE; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RACE DIFFERENCE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CHILD; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890868867     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2013.11.008     Document Type: Article

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