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Delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase polymorphism and the relation between low level lead exposure and the Mini-Mental Status Examination in older men: the Normative Aging Study.
Occupational and environmental medicine - 1 Nov 2006
Weuve J, Kelsey K T, Schwartz J, Bellinger D, Wright R O, Rajan P, Spiro A, Sparrow D, Aro A, Hu H
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether a polymorphism the in delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (ALAD) gene modifies the neurotoxicity of lead in older adults. METHODS: The authors studied men participating in the Department of Veterans Affairs' Normative Aging Study, assessing their recent exposure to lead by measuring blood lead (n = 915) at each triennial clinic visit, and, beginning in 1991, assessing their...
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