Comparison of Blood Lead Levels in Patients With Alzheimer’s Disease and Healthy People

Comparison of Blood Lead Levels in Patients With Alzheimer’s Disease and Healthy People

Background: It is argued that breakdown of β-amyloid in the brain causes deposition of senescent plaques and therefore Alzheimer’s disease (AD). One of the influential factors for increasing level of this protein is exposure to lead. Our aim was to compare blood lead levels (BLLs) between patients w...

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Main Authors: Aaseth, J. (Author), Amirabadizadeh, A. (Author), Dehghanifiroozabadi, M. (Author), Fathabadi, B. (Author), Mehrpour, O. (Author), Nakhaee, S. (Author), Rajabpour-Sanati, A. (Author), Sharifzadeh, G. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications Inc. 2018
Subjects:
adult
aged
Aged
Alzheimer disease
Alzheimer Disease
Alzheimer’s
Article
atomic absorption spectrometry
blood
blood lead level
brain
Brain
case control study
Case-Control Studies
cognition
cognitive defect
controlled study
dementia
disease duration
drug abuse
drug dependence
drug exposure
female
Female
human
Humans
Iran
lead
Lead
lead blood level
major clinical study
male
Male
occupational exposure
Occupational Exposure
Pb
social status
statistics and numerical data
Substance-Related Disorders
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