Arterial blood pressure responses to short-term exposure to low and high traffic-related air pollution with and without moderate physical activity

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 548-557

  Kubesch, N ^a,b,c   De Nazelle, A ^a,c,d   Guerra, S ^a,c,e   Westerdahl, D ^f   Martinez, D ^a,b,c   Bouso, L ^a,b,c   Carrasco Turigas, G ^a,b,c   Hoffmann, B ^g   Nieuwenhuijsen, M J ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f Cornell University   (United States)

^g HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; cycling; particulate matter; physical activity; short term exposure; traffic related air pollution

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; NITRIC OXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; EXHAUST GAS;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CYCLING; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRAFFIC; VOLUNTEER; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECTS; EXERCISE; EXHAUST GAS; MOTOR VEHICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; TOXICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927611642     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2047487314555602     Document Type: Article

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