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Air Pollution and Neonatal Blood Pressure: Examining Earlier Exposures

Author(s) -

Wendee Nicole

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

environmental health perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1552-9924

pISSN - 0091-6765

DOI - 10.1289/ehp.123-a94

Subject(s) - environmental health , air pollution , blood pressure , medicine , environmental science , pollution , environmental chemistry , chemistry , biology , organic chemistry , ecology

Ambient air pollution has been associated in some studies (but not all) with increased blood pressure in adults1 and children.2,3 A study in this issue of EHP examines even earlier exposures during gestation, an important period of cardiovascular growth and development.4 The results show a small but significant increase in newborn systolic blood pressure associated with exposure in the third trimester to black carbon (BC) and, to a lesser extent, fine particulate matter (PM2.5).

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