Associations of Short-Term and Long-Term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollutants With Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Hypertension

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 62-70

  Cai, Yuanyuan ^a,b   Zhang, Bo ^a,b   Ke, Weixia ^c   Feng, Baixiang ^c   Lin, Hualiang ^c   Xiao, Jianpeng ^c   Zeng, Weilin ^c   Li, Xing ^c   Tao, Jun ^d   Yang, Zuyao ^e   Ma, Wenjun ^a   Liu, Tao ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Key Laboratory of Environmental Exposure and Health of Guangzhou   (China)

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

^d SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^e CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

air pollution; hypertension; long term exposure; meta analysis; short term exposure

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; MALE; META ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTOR;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NITROGEN OXIDES; ODDS RATIO; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84973308355     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.116.07218     Document Type: Article

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