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Interaction of Stress, Lead Burden, and Age on Cognition in Older Men: The VA Normative Aging Study [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND. Low-level exposure to lead and to chronic stress may independently influence cognition. However, the modifying potential of psychosocial stress on the neurotoxicity of lead and their combined relationship to aging-associated decline have not ...
Agrawal R, Avron Spiro, Burger DE, Cohen S, David Sparrow, Dennison E, Derogatis LR, Howard Hu, Huiling Nie, Joel Schwartz, Junenette L. Peters, Lazarus RS, Marc G. Weisskopf, Robert O. Wright, Rosalind J. Wright   +14 more
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The impact of imprecisely measured covariates on estimating gene-environment interactions [PDF]

, 2006
BACKGROUND The effects of measurement error in epidemiological exposures and confounders on estimated effects of exposure are well described, but the effects on estimates for gene-environment interactions has received rather less attention.
Cade, J.E., Gilthorpe, M.S., Greenwood, D.C.   +2 more
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Association of Cumulative Lead Exposure with Parkinson's Disease [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND. Research using reconstructed exposure histories has suggested an association between heavy metal exposures, including lead, and Parkinson's disease (PD), but the only study that used bone lead, a biomarker of cumulative lead exposure, found a
Hersh, Bonnie, Hu, Howard, Nie, Huiling, Saint-Hilaire, Marie-Helene, Schwartz, Joel, Simon, David K., Sudarsky, Lewis, Weisskopf, Marc G., Weuve, Jennifer, Wright, Robert O.   +9 more
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The Lead Exposure among Lead Workers: An Epidemiological Study from West Turkey [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2009
"nBackground: This study has been conducted on workers from several workplaces where materials containing lead are used during December 2006-April 2007 in Eskişehir, a city of the Middle Anatolian Region of Turkey."nMethods: The study and ...
M Tozun, A Unsal, B Sirmagul
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Asymptomatic Heavy Lead Exposure

Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1996
Three asymptomatic children, ages 34, 23, and 26 months, with blood lead levels >100 mcg/dL on routine screening are reported from the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD.
J Gordon Millichap
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Lead poisoning linked to occupational exposure - case reports

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2019
Introduction: Lead is one of the oldest widely used industrial metals. Throughout the ages, its significant toxicity caused poisoning of exposed people. Even today occupational exposure remains a significant hazard.
Andrzej Kościuk, Michał Kos, Justyna Drankowska, Michał Tchórz   +3 more
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Lead Exposure in Infancy and Subsequent Growth in Beninese Children

Toxics, 2022
Studies suggest that elevated postnatal blood lead levels (BLLs) are negatively associated with child growth. This study aimed to investigate the associations of childhood BLLs at age one year and growth outcomes at age six years (n = 661) in a cohort of
Shukrullah Ahmadi, Jérémie Botton, Roméo Zoumenou, Pierre Ayotte, Nadine Fievet, Achille Massougbodji, Maroufou Jules Alao, Michel Cot, Philippe Glorennec, Florence Bodeau-Livinec   +9 more
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Blood Pressure and Oxidative Stress among U.S. Adults Exposed to Lead in Military Environments—A Preliminary Study

Diseases, 2018
In this cross-sectional study, lead exposure among those with a history in military environments was examined. Systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) are clinical markers of blood pressure, while gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT)
Emmanuel Obeng-Gyasi, Barnabas Obeng-Gyasi   +1 more
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Blood metabolic fingerprinting of rats, subjected to subchronic lead exposure

Public Health and Toxicology, 2021
Introduction Environmental pollution with heavy metals is vital issue in the present time. Lead, as one of the environmental contaminators, deserves attention due to its applicability in human activity and its xenobiotic character. Methods In this study
Aleksei I. Chemezov, Marina P. Sutunkova, Ilzira A. Minigalieva, Svetlana V. Klinova, Iulia V. Ryabova   +4 more
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Lead exposure in adult males in urban Transvaal Province, South Africa during the apartheid era [PDF]

, 2013
Human exposure to lead is a substantial public health hazard worldwide and is particularly problematic in the Republic of South Africa given the country’s late cessation of leaded petrol. Lead exposure is associated with a number of serious health issues
A Mathee, A Mathee, A Mathee, A Mathee, A Mathee, A Navas-Acien, AC Todd, AM Motosue, B Nojilana, BP Lanphear, BS Glenn, Catherine A. Hess, CC Harper, Clive N. Trueman, D Byerlee, D Martin, DC Bellinger, DO Carpenter, DS Herman, E L’Abbe, E van Wijngaarden, F Monna, F van Gemert, H Hu, H Hu, H Hu, H Needleman, HL Needleman, HL Needleman, Holger Schutkowski, HW Mielke, I Baranowska, IA Bergdahl, J Heckman, Jaymie Meliker, JL Pirkle, JO Nriagu, JO Nriagu, JO Olowoyo, JO Olowoyo, JP Wright, K Bandeen-Roche, K Peltzer, K Peltzer, Ka Koller, KJA Thomas, KR Mahaffey, L Morrow, LE Wittmers, M Ezzati, M Faber, M Montgomery, Martin J. Smith, Matthew J. Cooper, MB Rabinowitz, MB Rabinowitz, MG Weisskopf, MR Dayal, NW White, OC Nweke, P Deveaux, P Muntner, PA Baghurst, PS Barry, PSI Barry, R Nevin, R Nevin, R Norman, R Smit, RA Goyer, RD Diab, RP Wedeen, RW Brown, SD Grosse, SR Grobler, WR Harlan, Y von Schirnding, Y von Schirnding, YER Von Schirnding, YER Von Schirnding, YW Cheng, ZR Kon   +81 more
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