Association between aminolevulinate dehydrogenase genotype and blood lead levels in Taiwan.

doi:10.1097/00043764-200002000-00009

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Association between aminolevulinate dehydrogenase genotype and blood lead levels in Taiwan.

Journal of occupational and environmental medicine - 1 Feb 2000

Hsieh L L, Liou S H, Chen Y H, Tsai L C, Yang T, Wu T N

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This study was designed to evaluate the association between the aminolevulinate dehydrogenase (ALAD) genotype and blood lead levels in a general population environmentally exposed to lead. This study population of 660 subjects was secondarily sampled from the 3000 random samples of Taiwanese general population to study the distribution of blood lead levels in the Taiwanese population. A simple assay based on the...

Topics

Asian People
Base Sequence
Environmental Exposure
Ethnicity
Female
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Genotype
Humans
Lead
Lead Poisoning
Male
Molecular Sequence Data
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Porphobilinogen Synthase
Sampling Studies
Sensitivity and Specificity
Taiwan

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PMID: 10693075
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-200002000-00009

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ALAD

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