Seeds of Toxicity? Erythrocytes and Lead-Associated Kidney Damage
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Seeds of Toxicity? Erythrocytes and Lead-Associated Kidney Damage
Environmental lead contamination lingers despite decades of sharply declining use and release of the metal. As a consequence, low-level lead exposure remains common, with an average adult blood lead level in the general U.S. population of 1–2 μg/dL. Lead affects numerous organ systems, but specific mechanisms of damage are not always known. The authors of a new study in EHP present a hypothesis...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Perspectives
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0091-6765,1552-9924
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.123-a42