Open AccessBlood Lead Levels and Serum Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 Concentrations in Peripubertal Boys
Author(s) -
Abby F. Fleisch,
Jane S. Burns,
Paige L. Williams,
Mary Lee,
Oleg Sergeyev,
Susan Korrick,
Russ Hauser
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1206105
Subject(s) - medicine , blood lead level , cohort , lead exposure , insulin like growth factor , cohort study , lead (geology) , endocrinology , growth factor , biology , cats , paleontology , receptor
Childhood lead exposure has been associated with growth delay. However, the association between blood lead levels (BLLs) and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) has not been characterized in a large cohort with low-level lead exposure.
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