Association of low-level blood lead and blood pressure in NHANES 1999-2006

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1249-1257

  Scinicariello, Franco ^a   Abadin, Henry G ^a   Edward Murray, H ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood cadmium; Blood lead; Blood pressure; Hypertension; NHANES

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; LEAD;

BLOOD; CADMIUM; DATA SET; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ETHNICITY; HYPERTENSION; LEAD; LINEARITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PRESSURE EFFECT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; UNITED STATES;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 80755175778     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.08.011     Document Type: Article

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