An Evaluation of the Hypothesis that Females Are More Susceptible than Males to Lead-induced Haematological Alterations-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

An Evaluation of the Hypothesis that Females Are More Susceptible than Males to Lead-induced Haematological Alterations

Published:1989-03 Issue:2 Volume:8 Page:105-109
ISSN:0144-5952
Container-title:Human Toxicology
language:en
Short-container-title:Human Toxicology

Author:

Ken R.¹,Calabrese E.J.¹,Tuthill R.W.¹

Affiliation:

1. Division of Public Health, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA, 01003, USA

Abstract

1 A retrospective epidemiological study was conducted to assess the hypothesis that sex differences exist with respect to selected lead-induced red blood cell parameters. The study utilized data previously collected in the Boston Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program. 2 This study revealed no statistically significant difference between males and females ( n = 1548) aged 1-6 years for blood FEP levels when blood lead levels were similar. 3 These findings are in contrast with previously published research with human adults, which has suggested that adult females display significantly greater FEP values at identical blood level values as similarly aged men.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis,Toxicology

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/096032718900800204

Reference6 articles.

1. Response of free erythrocyte porphyrin and urinary ? -aminolevulinic acid in men and women moderately exposed to lead

2. Impact of Air Pollution by Lead on the Heme Biosynthetic Pathway in School-Age Children

3. Free erythrocyte protoporphyrin (FEP) in a general population, workers exposed to low-level lead, and organic-solvent workers

4. Behaviour of some indicators of biological effect in female lead workers