Zhang, Aimin; Park, Sung Kyun; Wright, Robert O.; Weisskopf, Marc G.; Mukherjee, Bhramar; Nie, Huiling; Sparrow, David; Hu, Howard
(National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2010-09)
BACKGROUND. Cumulative lead exposure is associated with a widened pulse pressure (PP; the difference between systolic and diastolic blood pressure), a marker of arterial stiffness and a predictor of cardiovascular disease. ...