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Biomarkers of Lead Exposure and DNA Methylation within Retrotransposons
(National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2010)
Background: DNA methylation is an epigenetic mark that regulates gene expression. Changes in DNA methylation within white blood cells may result from cumulative exposure to environmental metals such as lead. Bone lead, a ...
Association of Cumulative Lead Exposure with Parkinson’s Disease
(National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2010)
Background: Research using reconstructed exposure histories has suggested an association between heavy metal exposures, including lead, and Parkinson’s disease (PD), but the only study that used bone lead, a biomarker of ...