Reappraisal of the relation between blood lead concentration and blood pressure among the general population in Taiwan

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 30-33

  Chu, Nain Feng ^a,c   Liou, Saou Hsin ^a   Wu, Trong Neng ^b   Chang, Po Ya ^b  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Department of Health ^*  (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blood lead; Blood pressure; General population

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MILK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TAIWAN;

EID: 0032934144     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.56.1.30     Document Type: Article

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