ReviewCurrent hypertension reports2005
You are what you breathe: evidence linking air pollution and blood pressure.
Review in Current hypertension reports, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Association of Exposure to particular matter and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2015Pooled it
- Endotoxin and β-1,3-d-Glucan in Concentrated Ambient Particles Induce Rapid Increase in Blood Pressure in Controlled Human Exposures.Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) · 2015Trial
- Impacts of Household Solid Fuel Combustion on Blood Pressure: Mechanisms and Implications.Environment & health (Washington, D.C.) · 2025Article
- Ambient Particle Components and Newborn Blood Pressure in Project Viva.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2021Article
- Roadside Exposure and Inflammation Biomarkers among a Cohort of Traffic Police in Kathmandu, Nepal.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- The Association between Indoor Air Quality and Adult Blood Pressure Levels in a High-Income Setting.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- Concentrated Ambient PMEnvironmental health perspectives · 2018Article
- Fine Particulate Matter (PMJournal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association · 2017Article
- The Association of Domestic Incense Burning with Hypertension and Blood Pressure in Guangdong, China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017Article
- Air pollution and neonatal blood pressure: examining earlier exposures.Environmental health perspectives · 2015Article
- Prenatal air pollution exposure and newborn blood pressure.Environmental health perspectives · 2015Article
- Hypotension and environmental noise: a replication study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2014Article
- Impairment of coronary arteriolar endothelium-dependent dilation after multi-walled carbon nanotube inhalation: a time-course study.International journal of molecular sciences · 2012Article
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- Xenobiotic particle exposure and microvascular endpoints: a call to arms.Microcirculation (New York, N.Y. : 1994) · 2012Review
- Indoor air pollution and blood pressure in adult women living in rural China.Environmental health perspectives · 2011Article
- Changes in nitric oxide, cGMP, and nitrotyrosine concentrations over skin along the meridians in obese subjects.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2011Article
- Association of cardiac and vascular changes with ambient PM2.5 in diabetic individuals.Particle and fibre toxicology · 2010Article
- Residential traffic exposure, pulse pressure, and C-reactive protein: consistency and contrast among exposure characterization methods.Environmental health perspectives · 2010Article
- Acute effects of ambient particulate matter on blood pressure: differential effects across urban communities.Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) · 2009Article
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Authors and funding
1 author.
Funding
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Abstract
Exposure to particulate matter (PM) air pollution increases the risk for myocardial infarctions, strokes, and cardiovascular mortality. A variety of responsible mechanisms have been described, including PM-induced elevations in blood pressure. Observational studies and controlled experiments have provided evidence that PM is capable of acutely increasing blood pressure in certain scenarios. Enhanced sympathetic tone and vascular dysfunction due to PM-induced systemic oxidative stress/inflammation are leading explanations. The hemodynamic responses to air pollution may be altered by underlying cardiovascular risk factors and the chemical composition of the PM. However, even the small elevations in blood pressure observed following certain exposures to PM have tremendous public health implications, due to the ubiquitous nature of air pollution.
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