Cardiovascular benefits of wearing particulate-filtering respirators: A randomized crossover trial

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 175-180

  Shi, Jingjin ^a   Lin, Zhijing ^a   Chen, Renjie ^a,b   Wang, Cuicui ^a   Yang, Changyuan ^a   Cai, Jing ^a   Lin, Jingyu ^b   Xu, Xiaohui ^c   Ross, Jennifer A ^c   Zhao, Zhuohui ^a   Kan, Haidong ^a,b  

^a BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBON MONOXIDE; ENDOTHELIN 1; FIBRINOGEN; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FILTRATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PARTICULATE FILTERING RESPIRATOR; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VENTILATOR; YOUNG ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHINA; EXPOSURE; GAS MASK; HEART RATE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; BIOMARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHINA; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85011393247     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/EHP73     Document Type: Article

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