Long-term exposure to particulate matter and self-reported hypertension: A prospective analysis in the Nurses’ Health Study

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 124, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1414-1420

  Zhang, Zhenyu ^a,b,c   Laden, Francine ^b,c   Forman, John P ^b   Hart, Jaime E ^b,c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; AIR POLLUTANT; EXHAUST GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LATITUDE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; EXHAUST GAS; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE; NURSE; PARTICLE SIZE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84985036708     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/EHP163     Document Type: Article

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