Associations of blood and urinary mercury with hypertension in U.S. Adults: The NHANES 2003-2006

Environmental Research

Volumn 123, Issue , 2013, Pages 25-32

  Park, Sung Kyun ^a   Lee, Sunghee ^a   Basu, Niladri ^a   Franzblau, Alfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Hypertension; Mercury; Omega 3 fatty acids; Selenium

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; SELENIUM;

BLOOD; FATTY ACID; HEALTH AND NUTRITION; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; HYPERTENSION; METHYLMERCURY; SERUM;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG URINE LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SERUM; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; SELENIUM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877099816     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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