Arsenic exposure from drinking water, dietary intakes of B vitamins and folate, and risk of high blood pressure in Bangladesh: A population-based, cross-sectional study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 165, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 541-552

  Chen, Yu ^a,b,c   Factor Litvak, Pam ^a   Howe, Geoffrey R ^a   Graziano, Joseph H ^a   Brandt Rauf, Paul ^a   Parvez, Faruque ^a   Van Geen, Alexander ^d   Ahsan, Habibul ^a,e  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bangladesh; Blood pressure; Cross sectional studies; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN;

ARSENIC; BLOOD; CROSS SECTION; DIET; DRINKING WATER; FOOD INTAKE; HYPERTENSION; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADULT; ARSENIC; BANGLADESH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33847388077     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwk037     Document Type: Article

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