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Associations between prenatal lead exposure and birth outcomes: Modification by sex and GSTM1/GSTT1 polymorphism.
The Science of the total environment - 1 Apr 2018
Lamichhane Dirga Kumar, Leem Jong-Han, Park Chang-Shin, Ha Mina, Ha Eun-Hee, Kim Hwan-Cheol, Lee Ji-Young, Ko Jung Keun, Kim Yangho, Hong Yun-Chul
Abstract excerpt
Maternal lead exposure is associated with poor birth outcomes. However, modifying effects of polymorphism in glutathione S-transferases (GST) gene and infant sex remain unexplored. Our aim was to evaluate whether associations between prenatal lead and birth outcomes differed by maternal GST genes and infant sex. Prospective data of 782 mother-child pairs from Mothers and Children's Environmental Health (MOCEH)...
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