Blood lead and blood pressure in young children

Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 633-637

  Factor Litvak, Pam ^a   Kline, Jennie K ^a,b   Popovac, Dusan ^c   Hadzialjevic, Suzana ^d   Lekic, Vojkan ^d   Preteni Rexhepi, Emina ^d   Capuni Paracka, Sabahete ^d   Slavkovich, Vesna ^a   Graziano, Joseph ^a  

^a Columbia School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRI TINA   (Serbia)

^d Dom Zdravlja ^*

Author keywords

blood lead levels; blood pressure; body height; body weight; children; ethnic groups; infants

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 0029852547     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199611000-00012     Document Type: Article

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