An Investigation of Modifying Effects of Metallothionein Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms on the Association between Mercury Exposure and Biomarker Levels - Wang, Yi; Goodrich, Jaclyn M.; Gillespie, Brenda; Werner, Robert; Basu, Niladri; Franzblau, Alfred (Environmental health perspectives, 2012)
Keywords: Adult; Aged; Animals; Bioaccumulation; Biological and medical sciences; Biological markers; Biomarkers - metabolism; Chemical and industrial products toxicology. Toxic occupational diseases; Dental Amalgam - toxicity; Dental Staff; Dentists; Elemental mercury; Environment. Living conditions; Environmental Exposure; Environmental health; Environmental protection; Exposure; Female; Fish; Fishes; Genes; Genetic algorithms; Genetic aspects; Genotypes; Hair; Hair - chemistry; Hair - drug effects; Health aspects; Heterozygotes; Homozygotes; Humans; Intakes; Linear Models; Male; Medical sciences; Mercury; Mercury - toxicity; Mercury - urine; Metallothionein; Metallothionein - genetics; Metallothionein - metabolism; Metals and various inorganic compounds; Methylmercury; Methylmercury Compounds - analysis; Methylmercury Compounds - toxicity; Michigan - epidemiology; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Occupational Exposure; Physiological aspects; Polymorphism; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Regression; Regression analysis; Single nucleotide polymorphisms; Species Specificity; Surveys and Questionnaires; Toxicology; Urine; Michigan; United States; USA; gene-environment interaction; Biological marker; Exposure; biomarker; Heavy metal; Association; Health and environment; Genotype environment interaction; Nucleotide; single-nucleotide polymorphism; Mercury; Metallothionein; Polymorphism