Associations between Recent Exposure to Ambient Fine Particulate Matter and Blood Pressure in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)
- 1 April 2008
- journal article
- Published by Environmental Health Perspectives in Environmental Health Perspectives
- Vol. 116 (4), 486-491
- https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.10899
Abstract
Blood pressure (BP) may be implicated in associations observed between ambient particulate matter and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. This study examined cross-sectional associations between short-term ambient fine particles (particulate matter ...Keywords
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