Association between long-term air pollution and increased blood pressure and hypertension in China

Hypertension

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 578-584

  Dong, Guang Hui ^a   Qian, Zhengmin Min ^b   Xaverius, Pamela K ^b   Trevathan, Edwin ^b   Maalouf, Salwa ^b   Parker, Jamaal ^b   Yang, Laiji ^b   Liu, Miao Miao ^a   Wang, Da ^a   Ren, Wan Hui ^c   Ma, Wenjun ^d   Wang, Jing ^b   Zelicoff, Alan ^b   Fu, Qiang ^b   Simckes, Maayan ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Shenyang Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

^d GUANGZHOU CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

ambient air pollutants; blood pressure; Chinese; hypertension

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHINA; CITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 84874389966     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.111.00003     Document Type: Article

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