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High lead exposure is associated with telomere length shortening in Chinese battery manufacturing plant workers

Yixing Wu, Yimin Liu, Na Ni, Bei Bao, Cheng Zhang, Lingeng Lu

Occupational and Environmental Medicine · 2012 · 68 citations · 30 references

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Abstract

These findings suggest that PWBTL shortening is associated with long-term lead exposure and that PWBTL may be one of the targets damaged by lead toxicity.

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