Assessing the Influence of Age and Ethnicity on the Association Between Iron Status and Lead Concentration in Blood: Results from the Canadian Health Measures Survey (2007–2011)

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 301-307

  Ngueta, Gerard ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Blood lead levels; Ethnicity; Iron status

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; LEAD; CALCIUM; LIPID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANADA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRON INTAKE; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; AGED; BLOOD; ETHNIC GROUP; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CALCIUM; CANADA; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IRON; LEAD; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945574447     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-015-0547-5     Document Type: Article

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