Association between long-term exposure to traffic particles and blood pressure in the Veterans Administration Normative Aging Study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 422-427

  Schwartz, Joel ^a   Alexeeff, Stacey E ^a   Mordukhovich, Irina ^b   Gryparis, Alexandros ^a   Vokonas, Pantel ^c   Suh, Helen ^a   Coull, Brent A ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BLACK CARBON; CREATININE; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BOSTON; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SOOT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84861195523     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2011-100268     Document Type: Article

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