Environmental ambient temperature and blood pressure in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 575, Issue , 2017, Pages 276-286

  Wang, Qiong ^a   Li, Changchang ^a   Guo, Yanfang ^b   Barnett, Adrian G ^c   Tong, Shilu ^c   Phung, Dung ^d   Chu, Cordia ^d   Dear, Keith ^e   Wang, Xuemei ^a   Huang, Cunrui ^a,d  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Bao'an Hospital for Chronic Disease Prevention and Treatment   (China)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e DUKE KUNSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Mechanism; Meta analysis; Meteorological factors; Methodology

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOLOGY; DISEASES; MECHANISMS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SPACE HEATING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURES; META ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; METHODOLOGY; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EXPOSURE;

INVERSE PROBLEMS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ELDERLY POPULATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; META-ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEASUREMENT ERROR; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; META ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84992083511     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.10.019     Document Type: Article

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