Associations of Blood Pressure with Geographical Latitude, Solar Radiation, and Ambient Temperature: Results from the Chilean Health Survey, 2009-2010

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 183, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1071-1073

  Cabrera, Sebastián E ^a   Mindell, Jennifer S ^b   Toledo, Mario ^c   Alvo, Miriam ^a   Ferro, Charles J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; DIABETES; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HYPERTENSION; LATITUDE; SOLAR RADIATION;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILEAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LATITUDE; PREVALENCE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOLAR RADIATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROTECTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CHILE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LINEAR MODELS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; PROTECTIVE FACTORS; RISK FACTORS; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84973322953     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kww037     Document Type: Article

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