Can inconsistent association between hypertension and cognition in elders be explained by levels of organochlorine pesticides?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Kim, Se A ^a   Lee, Yu Mi ^b   Lee, Ho Won ^a,b   Jacobs, David R ^c   Lee, Duk Hee ^a,b  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; NONACHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; OXYCHLORDANE; BETA-HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; LINDANE; NEUROTOXIN; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIGIT SYMBOL SUBSTITUTION TEST; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; RISK FACTOR; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; HYPERTENSION; LINDANE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTOXINS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PESTICIDES;

EID: 84955501804     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144205     Document Type: Article

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