Association between blood lead level and blood pressure in aborigines and others in central Taiwan

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 222-227

  Kuo, Hsien Wen ^a   Lai, Li Hsing ^b   Chou, Sze Yuan ^a,c   Wu, Fang Yang ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Pu Li Christian Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c CHENG CHING GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blood lead; Blood pressure; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATININE; GRAPHITE; LEAD; NITROGEN; UREA; URIC ACID;

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; COMMUNITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FURNACE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPECTROMETER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TAIWAN; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 33747894448     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2006.12.3.222     Document Type: Article

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