Association of blood lead concentrations with mortality in older women: A prospective cohort study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Khalil, Naila ^a   Wilson, John W ^b   Talbott, Evelyn O ^a   Morrow, Lisa A ^a   Hochberg, Marc C ^c   Hillier, Teresa A ^d   Muldoon, Susan B ^e   Cummings, Steven R ^f   Cauley, Jane A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; SURVIVOR; BLOOD; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE;

LEAD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 65449138341     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-8-15     Document Type: Article

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