Effects of particulate air pollution on blood pressure in a highly exposed population in Beijing, China: A repeated-measure study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Baccarelli, Andrea ^a   Barretta, Francesco ^b   Dou, Chang ^c   Zhang, Xiao ^d   McCracken, John P ^a   Díaz, Anaité ^e   Bertazzi, Pier ^b   Schwartz, Joel ^a   Wang, Sheng ^f   Hou, Lifang ^d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c China Institute of Industrial Health   (China)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^f PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Blood Pressure; China; Particulate Matter; Personal Monitoring; Traffic Pollution

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BACKGROUND LEVEL; CARBON; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH RISK; HYPERTENSION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OLYMPIC GAMES; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; POPULATION DENSITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE FLUCTUATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRIVER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OFFICE WORKER; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CITY; HEART RATE; TIME;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856691761     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-10-108     Document Type: Article

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