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Lead burden and psychiatric symptoms and the modifying influence of the delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (ALAD) polymorphism: the VA Normative Aging Study.
American journal of epidemiology - 15 Dec 2007
Rajan Pradeep, Kelsey Karl T, Schwartz Joel D, Bellinger David C, Weuve Jennifer, Sparrow David, Spiro Avron, Smith Thomas J, Nie Huiling, Hu Howard, Wright Robert O
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The authors evaluated the association between lead burden and psychiatric symptoms and its potential modification by a delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (ALAD) polymorphism. Lead measurements in blood or bone and self-reported ratings on the Brief Symptom Inventory from 1991 to 2002 were available for 1,075 US men participating in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Normative Aging Study. The authors...
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