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SUBMITTER: Kingsley SL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4609282 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kingsley Samantha L SL Eliot Melissa N MN Whitsel Eric A EA Wang Yi Y Coull Brent A BA Hou Lifang L Margolis Helene G HG Margolis Karen L KL Mu Lina L Wu Wen-Chih C WC Johnson Karen C KC Allison Matthew A MA Manson JoAnn E JE Eaton Charles B CB Wellenius Gregory A GA
Environmental research 20151001
Living near major roadways has been associated with increased risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, presumably from exposure to elevated levels of traffic-related air and/or noise pollution. This association may potentially be mediated through increased risk of incident hypertension, but results from prior studies are equivocal. Using Cox proportional hazards models we examined residential proximity to major roadways and incident hypertension among 38,360 participants of the Women's He ...[more]