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    • Variants in iron metabolism genes predict higher blood lead levels in young children 

      Hopkins, Marianne; Ettinger, Adrienne S; Hernández-Avila, Mauricio; Schwartz, Joel David; Téllez-Rojo, Martha María; Lamadrid-Figueroa, Héctor; Bellinger, David C.; Hu, Howard; Wright, Robert O. (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2008)
      Background: Given the association between iron deficiency and lead absorption, we hypothesized that variants in iron metabolism genes would predict higher blood lead levels in young children. Objective: We examined the ...