Air pollution exposure and blood pressure: An updated review of the literature

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 28-51

  Giorgini, Paolo ^a   di Giosia, Paolo ^a   Grassi, Davide ^a   Rubenfire, Melvyn ^b   Brook, Robert D ^b   Ferri, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Blood pressure; Cardiovascular risk; Endothelial dysfunction; Epidemiology; Hypertension; Particulate matter; Public health

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMBUSTION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENETICS; EXHAUST GAS; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREHYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULITIS; VASOCONSTRICTION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RISK FACTOR;

AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84953404529     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: 18734286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1381612822666151109111712     Document Type: Article

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