Lead Exposure, Genetics, and Osteoporosis Epidemiology

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Osteoporosis

Study type: Observational

Funder types: NIH

Identifiers

NCT00013637

8074-CP-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study's primary objective is to assess the effects of environmental lead exposures and genetic risk factors on the development of osteoporosis in middle-aged women.

Sex: Female

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Healthy participants in the Nurses' Health Study who live in the greater Boston metropolitan area.