Blood lead and chronic kidney disease in the general United States population: Results from NHANES III

Kidney International

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1044-1050

  Muntner, Paul ^a   He, Jiang ^b   Vupputuri, Suma ^b   Coresh, Josef ^b   Batuman, Vecihi ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chronic kidney disease; Hypertension; Lead exposure

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; LEAD;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037336086     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00812.x     Document Type: Article

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