A methodological approach to assessing the health impact of environmental chemical mixtures: PCBs and hypertension in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 4220-4237

  Christensen, Krista L Yorita ^a   White, Paul ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulative risk assessment; Hypertension; PCBs

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 82555167997     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph8114220     Document Type: Article

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