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  • Cumulative Community-Level Lead Exposure and Pulse Pressure: The Normative Aging Study
    Perlstein, Todd; Weuve, Jennifer; Schwartz, Joel; Sparrow, David; Wright, Robert; Litonjua, Augusto; Nie, Huiling; Hu, Howard (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2007-12)
    BACKGROUND. Pulse pressure increases with age in industrialized societies as a manifestation of arterial stiffening. Lead accumulates in the vasculature and is associated with vascular oxidative stress, which can promote ...
  • Particulate Air Pollution, Oxidative Stress Genes, and Heart Rate Variability in an Elderly Cohort
    Chahine, Teresa; Baccarelli, Andrea; Litonjua, Augusto; Wright, Robert O.; Suh, Helen; Gold, Diane R.; Sparrow, David; Vokonas, Pantel; Schwartz, Joel (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2007-11)
    BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES. We have previously shown that reduced defenses against oxidative stress due to glutathione S-transferase M1 (GSTM1) deletion modify the effects of PM2.5 (fine-particulate air pollution of < 2.5 ...