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Title
Blood lead, blood pressure, and hypertension in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women.
Authors
Nash, Denis; Magder, Laurence; Lustberg, Mark; Sherwin, Roger W; Rubin, Robert J; Kaufmann, Rachel B; Silbergeld, Ellen K
Abstract
Lead exposures have been shown to be associated with increased blood pressure and risk of hypertension in older men. In perimenopausal women, skeletal lead stores are an important source of endogenous lead exposure due to increased bone demineralization.