Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, brachial artery distensibility and blood pressure among children residing near an oil refinery

Environmental Research

Volumn 136, Issue , 2015, Pages 133-140

  Trasande, Leonardo ^a,b,c,d   Urbina, Elaine M ^e   Khoder, Mamdouh ^f   Alghamdi, Mansour ^f   Shabaj, Ibrahim ^f   Alam, Mohammed S ^g   Harrison, Roy M ^f,g   Shamy, Magdy ^f  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Brachial artery distensibility; Particulate matter; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Prehypertension

Indexed keywords

1 HYDROXYPYRENE; FUEL OIL; HYDROXYPHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PETROLEUM;

ADOLESCENCE; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD HEALTH; HYDROCARBON; HYPERTENSION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METABOLITE; PAH; PARTICULATE MATTER; REFINING INDUSTRY;

AIR SAMPLING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; OIL INDUSTRY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREHYPERTENSION; PULSE PRESSURE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; URINALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TOXICITY;

SAUDI ARABIA;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC;

EID: 84911375018     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.08.038     Document Type: Article

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