| Document ID (ISN) | 57253 |
| CIS number |
92-156 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0007-1072 - British Journal of Industrial Medicine |
| Year |
1990 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Staessen J., Yeoman W.B., Fletcher A.E., Markowe H.L.J., Marmot M.G., Rose G., Semmence A., Shipley M.J., Bulpitt C.J. |
| Title |
Blood lead concentration, renal function, and blood pressure in London civil servants |
| Bibliographic information |
July 1990, Vol.47, No.7, p.442-447. Illus. 33 ref. |
| Abstract |
Blood lead concentration was measured in 398 male and 133 female London civil servants not subject to industrial exposure to heavy metals. The relation between blood lead and serum creatinine concentrations and blood pressure was examined. In women blood lead concentration increased with age. In the 2 sexes blood lead concentration was positively correlated with the number of cigarettes smoked a day, with the reported number of alcoholic beverages consumed a day and with serum gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase. Blood lead concentration was not correlated with body weight, body mass index, and employment grade. In men 14% of the variance of blood lead concentration was explained by the significant and independent contributions of smoking and alcohol intake and in women 16% by age. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
lead; blood pressure; government services; determination in blood; physiology of kidneys |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
alcoholism; smoking; comparative study; sex-linked differences; determination of concentration; age-linked differences |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | United Kingdom |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Industries and occupations
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Inorganic substances
Lead and compounds
Alcohol and drug abuse
Cardiovascular diseases
Public and government services
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