Electrocardiographic conduction disturbances in association with low-level lead exposure (the normative aging study)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 594-599

  Cheng, Yawen ^a   Schwartz, Joel ^b   Vokonas, Pantel S ^b   Weiss, Scott T ^b   Aro, Antonio ^b   Hu, Howard ^b  

^a CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BONE MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; TIBIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK;

EID: 0031688740     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00402-0     Document Type: Article

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