Association between Prenatal Lead Exposure and Blood Pressure in Children | Zendy

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Association between Prenatal Lead Exposure and Blood Pressure in Children

Author(s) -

Aimin Zhang,

Howard Hu,

Brisa N. Sánchez,

Adrienne S. Ettinger,

Sung Kyun Park,

David E. Cantonwine,

Lourdes Schnaas,

Robert O. Wright,

Héctor LamadridFigueroa,

Martha María TéllezRojo

Publication year - 2011

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.1103736

Subject(s) - medicine , interquartile range , blood pressure , lead exposure , pregnancy , confidence interval , cohort , lead (geology) , lead poisoning , prenatal care , physiology , environmental health , population , biology , cats , paleontology , genetics , psychiatry

Lead exposure in adults is associated with hypertension. Altered prenatal nutrition is associated with subsequent risks of adult hypertension, but little is known about whether prenatal exposure to toxicants, such as lead, may also confer such risks.

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