High lead exposure is associated with telomere length shortening in Chinese battery manufacturing plant workers
Wu Y, Liu Y, Ni N, Bao B, Zhang C, Lu L. High lead exposure is associated with telomere length shortening in Chinese battery manufacturing plant workers. Occupational And Environmental Medicine 2012, 69: 557. PMID: 22539657, DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2011-100478.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLead exposurePlant workersLong-term lead exposureBody mass indexHigh lead exposureBattery plant workersTelomere length shorteningWeak positive associationInpatient workersMass indexAge-associated diseasesInverse associationBurden assessmentStrong inverse correlationMultivariate analysisOccupational pollutantsLength shorteningLead levelsInverse correlationTelomere lengthLead toxicityBLLPositive associationPublic healthQuantitative PCR