Associations between patella lead and blood pressure in lead workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 336-343

  Weaver, Virginia M ^a,b   Ellis, Lenworth R ^a,e   Lee, Byung Kook ^c   Todd, Andrew C ^d   Shi, Weiping ^a   Ahn, Kyu Dong ^c   Schwartz, Brian S ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Access Healthcare   (United States)

Author keywords

aminolevulinic acid dehydratase; Blood lead; Blood pressure; Hypertension; Occupational lead exposure; Patella lead; Vitamin D receptor

Indexed keywords

PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATELLA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; LEAD; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATELLA; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; RECEPTORS, CALCITRIOL; RISK FACTORS; SYSTOLE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 42349113801     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20573     Document Type: Article

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