Exposure to air pollution near a steel plant and effects on cardiovascular physiology: A randomized crossover study

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 217, Issue 2-3, 2014, Pages 279-286

  Liu, Ling ^a   Kauri, Lisa Marie ^a   Mahmud, Mamun ^a   Weichenthal, Scott ^a   Cakmak, Sabit ^a   Shutt, Robin ^a   You, Hongyu ^a   Thomson, Errol ^a   Vincent, Renaud ^a   Kumarathasan, Premkumari ^a   Broad, Gayle ^b   Dales, Robert ^a  

^a Environmental Health Center   (Canada)

^b ALGOMA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Blood pressure; Flow mediated vasodilation; Iron and steel industry; Pulse rate

Indexed keywords

BP; CARBON MONOXIDE; IRON; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; STEEL; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

95% CI; 95% CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BAD; BASAL BRACHIAL ARTERY DIAMETER; BEATS PER MINUTE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BPM; CANADA; CO; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FLOW-MEDIATED VASODILATION; FMD; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; INTERQUARTILE RANGE; IQR; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; MALE; NO(2); O(3); PARTICULATE MATTER; PARTICULATE MATTER AT AERODYNAMIC DIAMETER ≤2.5ΜM; PHYSIOLOGY; PM(2.5); PP; PR; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SBP; SO(2); SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UFP; ULTRAFINE PARTICLES; YOUNG ADULT;

95% CI; 95% CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; AIR POLLUTION; BAD; BASAL BRACHIAL ARTERY DIAMETER; BEATS PER MINUTE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BP; BPM; CARBON MONOXIDE; CO; DBP; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FLOW-MEDIATED VASODILATION; FMD; INTERQUARTILE RANGE; IQR; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NO(2); O(3); OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER AT AERODYNAMIC DIAMETER ≤2.5ΜM; PM(2.5); PP; PR; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE RATE; SBP; SO(2); SULPHUR DIOXIDE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UFP; ULTRAFINE PARTICLES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CANADA; CARBON MONOXIDE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; IRON; MALE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; STEEL; SULFUR DIOXIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892673786     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2013.06.007     Document Type: Article

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