Association of long-term exposure to local industry- and traffic-specific particulate matter with arterial blood pressure and incident hypertension

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
5560611	International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health	2016	9 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Long-term exposures to all-source and industry-specific PM2.5 were positively related to BP. We could not separate the effects of industry-specific PM2.5 from all-source PM2.5. Estimates with traffic-specific PM2.5 were generally higher but inconclusive.

Keywords

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Association of long-term exposure to local industry- and traffic-specific particulate matter with arterial blood pressure and incident hypertension

Authors

Kateryna B. Fuks, Gudrun Weinmayr, Frauke Hennig, Lilian Tzivian, Susanne Moebus, Hermann Jakobs, Michael Memmesheimer, Hagen Kälsch, Silke Andrich, Michael Nonnemacher, Raimund Erbel, Karl-Heinz Jöckel, Barbara Hoffmann,