Open AccessLead and hypertension in a sample of middle-aged women.
Author(s) -
Susan Korrick,
David J. Hunter,
Andrea Rotnitzky,
Howard Hu,
F E Speizer
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.89.3.330
Subject(s) - medicine , lead (geology) , environmental health , gerontology , demography , biology , sociology , paleontology
The role of lead exposure as a risk factor for hypertension is less well defined among women than among men. This case-control study assessed the relation of blood and bone lead concentrations to hypertension in women.
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