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1 Environmental exposure to lead: old myths never die – Authors' reply
Bruce Perrin Lanphear, Richard W Hornung, Peggy Auinger, Ryan Allen  The Lancet Public Health  Volume 3, Issue 8, (August 2018) DOI: /S (18) Copyright © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY 4.0 license Terms and Conditions

2 Figure Decline in hypertension and concentrations of lead in blood among US adults, NHANES 1976–80 to NHANES 1988–94 The prevalence of hypertension, defined as having a systolic blood pressure greater than 140 mm Hg or a diastolic blood pressure greater than 90 mm Hg, among US adults older than 20 years during the phase-out of leaded gasoline was plotted with median blood lead concentration, NHANES II (1976–80) and NHANES III (1988–94). To convert values for lead from μg/dL to μmol/L, multiply by 0·0483. The Lancet Public Health 2018 3, DOI: ( /S (18) ) Copyright © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY 4.0 license Terms and Conditions


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