Mercury exposure and risk of hypertension in US men and women in 2 prospective cohorts

Hypertension

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 645-652

  Mozaffarian, Dariush ^a,b   Shi, Peilin ^b   Morris, J Steven ^d   Grandjean, Philippe ^b   Siscovick, David S ^b,c   Spiegelman, Donna ^b   Willett, Walter C ^a,b   Rimm, Eric B ^a,b   Curhan, Gary C ^a,b   Forman, John P ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

diet; environmental medicine; hypertension; mercury; population science; prospective studies; selenium

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; SELENIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEAFOOD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865510960     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.112.196154     Document Type: Article

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