Lead in the blood increases women's mortality
Friday, April 3, 2009 - 08:00
in Health & Medicine
Lead concentrations in the blood are associated with an increased risk of death from coronary heart diseases (CHD). A study of 533 American women, published in BioMed Central's open access journal Environmental Health, has shown that those with blood lead concentrations above 8 microg/dL were three times more likely to die of CHD...