Open AccessStress as a Potential Modifier of the Impact of Lead Levels on Blood Pressure: The Normative Aging Study
Author(s) -
Junenette L. Peters,
Laura D. Kubzansky,
Eileen McNeely,
Joel Schwartz,
Avron Spiro,
David Sparrow,
Robert O. Wright,
Huiling Nie,
Howard Hu
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.10002
Subject(s) - blood pressure , medicine , lead (geology) , confidence interval , body mass index , prospective cohort study , environmental health , cardiology , geology , geomorphology
Lead exposure and psychological stress have been independently associated with hypertension in various populations, and animal studies suggest that when they co-occur, their effects may be exacerbated.
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