Air pollution from industrial swine operations and blood pressure of neighboring residents

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 92-96

  Wing, Steve ^a   Horton, Rachel Avery ^a   Rose, Kathryn M ^a,b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b SRA International Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Air pollution; Community based participatory research; Environmental justice; Epidemiology; Health disparities; Odors; Psychosocial stress

Indexed keywords

BUTANOL; HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; ODOR; OSCILLOMETRY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS; SWINE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SWINE;

SUIDAE;

EID: 84872061559     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1205109     Document Type: Article

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