Medical Hypotheses
Volume 59, Issue 3 , Pages 239-246, September 2002

Is lead exposure the principal cause of essential hypertension?

  • H.C Gonick

      Affiliations

    • The Burns and Allen Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA
    • The University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Harvey C. Gonick MD, Nephrology Division, 995 West Tower, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA. Phone: 310-423-7880; Fax: 310-423-3061
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  • J.R Behari

      Affiliations

    • The Burns and Allen Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA
    • Industrial Toxicology Research Centre, Lucknow, India

Received 30 August 2001; accepted 19 December 2001.

Abstract 

Lead is a ubiquitous toxin, known to have adverse effects on the body even at low levels of exposure. In this review we explore whether low lead may be the principal or a major contributory cause of essential hypertension, and whether removal of lead from the environment may eventually reduce both the overall incidence of hypertension and the increased incidence with aging.

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PII: S0306-9877(02)00207-4

Medical Hypotheses
Volume 59, Issue 3 , Pages 239-246, September 2002

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