Low-level lead exposure and mortality in US adults: a population-based cohort study

The Lancet Public Health

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2018, Pages e177-e184

  Lanphear, Bruce P ^a   Rauch, Stephen ^b   Auinger, Peggy ^c   Allen, Ryan W ^a   Hornung, Richard W ^d  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHOLESTEROL; COTININE; LEAD;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALL CAUSE MORTALITY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTHY EATING INDEX; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85043468912     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24682667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2468-2667(18)30025-2     Document Type: Article

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