Indoor air pollution and blood pressure in adult women living in rural China

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1390-1395

  Baumgartner, Jill ^a,b,c   Schauer, James J ^c,d   Ezzati, Majid ^e   Lu, Lin ^f   Cheng, Chun ^f   Patz, Jonathan A ^b,c   Bautista, Leonelo E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f YUNNAN PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Biomass; Blood pressure; Cardiovascular health; China; Household air pollution; Indoor air pollution; Particulate matter; Solid fuels

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80053449217     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1003371     Document Type: Article

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