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Blood Pressure Changes in Relation to Arsenic Exposure in a U.S. Pregnancy Cohort
Author(s) -
Shohreh F. Farzan,
Yu Chen,
Fen Wu,
Jieying Jiang,
Mengling Liu,
Emily Baker,
Susan Korrick,
Margaret R. Karagas
Publication year - 2015
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.1408472
Subject(s) - pregnancy , blood pressure , medicine , cohort , arsenic , cohort study , obstetrics , gestation , prospective cohort study , pulse pressure , physiology , urinary system , chemistry , biology , genetics , organic chemistry
Inorganic arsenic exposure has been related to the risk of increased blood pressure based largely on cross-sectional studies conducted in highly exposed populations. Pregnancy is a period of particular vulnerability to environmental insults. However, little is known about the cardiovascular impacts of arsenic exposure during pregnancy.

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