Exposure to persistent organic pollutants and hypertensive disease

Environmental Research

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 101-106

  Huang, Xiaoyu ^a   Lessner, Lawrence ^a,b   Carpenter, David O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Dioxins furans; Negative binomial regression; Persistent pesticides; Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN; FURAN; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH RISK; HYPERTENSION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; HYPERTENSION; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746074466     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2005.12.011     Document Type: Article

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