Open AccessLead Levels and Ischemic Heart Disease in a Prospective Study of Middle-Aged and Elderly Men: the VA Normative Aging Study
Author(s) -
Nitin B. Jain,
Vijayalakshmi Potula,
Joel Schwartz,
Pantel Vokonas,
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.9629
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , myocardial infarction , cardiology , prospective cohort study , confidence interval , proportional hazards model , angina , heart failure , blood pressure
Lead exposure has been associated with higher blood pressure, hypertension, electrocardiogram abnormalities, and increased mortality from circulatory causes.
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