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Associations of bone mineral density and lead levels in blood, tibia, and patella in urban-dwelling women.
Environmental health perspectives - 1 Jun 2008
Theppeang Keson, Glass Thomas A, Bandeen-Roche Karen, Todd Andrew C, Rohde Charles A, Links Jonathan M, Schwartz Brian S
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OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate the relations between bone mineral density (BMD) and lead in blood, tibia, and patella and to investigate how BMD modifies these lead biomarkers in older women. DESIGN: In this study, we used cross-sectional analysis. PARTICIPANTS: We studied 112 women, 50-70 years of age, including both whites and African Americans, residing in Baltimore, Maryland....
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