Urinary Heavy Metals and Longitudinal Changes in Blood Pressure in Midlife Women: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation

Hypertension. 2021 Aug;78(2):543-551. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.121.17295. Epub 2021 Jun 21.

Authors

Xin Wang¹, Carrie A Karvonen-Gutierrez¹, William H Herman^{1

2}, Bhramar Mukherjee³, Sioban D Harlow¹, Sung Kyun Park^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology (X.W., C.A.K.-.G., W.H.H., S.D.H., S.K.P.), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
² School of Public Health, and Department of Internal Medicine (W.H.H.), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
³ Department of Biostatistics (B.M.), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
⁴ Department of Environmental Health Sciences (S.K.P.), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Abstract

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Keywords: arsenic; blood pressure; cadmium; lead; mercury; women.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Arsenic / urine
Blood Pressure / physiology*
Cadmium / urine
Environmental Exposure / analysis*
Female
Humans
Lead / urine
Longitudinal Studies
Mercury / urine
Metals, Heavy / urine*
Middle Aged
Women's Health

Substances

Metals, Heavy
Cadmium
Lead
Mercury
Arsenic

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