The association between air pollution and blood pressure in traffic controllers in Santo Andre, São Paulo, Brazil

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 650-655

  Sergio Chiarelli, Paulo ^a   Amador Pereira, Luiz Alberto ^a,b   Nascimento Saldiva, Paulo Hilario do ^a   Ferreira Filho, Celso ^c   Bueno Garcia, Maria Lucia ^a   Ferreira Braga, Alfesio Luis ^a,b   Conceição Martins, Lourdes ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF SANTOS   (Brazil)

^c FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DO ABC   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Arterial blood pressure; Linear mixed effect models; O3; PM10; Traffic; Traffic controllers

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; LINEARITY; OZONE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; URBAN POLLUTION;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION; AUTOMOBILES; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

BRAZIL; SANTO ANDRE; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL];

EID: 79958297415     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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