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SUBMITTER: Wang C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5860518 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Cuicui C Chen Renjie R Shi Min M Cai Jing J Shi Jingjin J Yang Changyuan C Li Huichu H Lin Zhijing Z Meng Xia X Liu Cong C Niu Yue Y Xia Yongjie Y Zhao Zhuohui Z Kan Haidong H Weinberg Clarice R CR
American journal of epidemiology 20180301 3
Air pollution may increase cardiovascular and respiratory risk through inflammatory pathways, but evidence for acute effects has been weak and indirect. Between December 2014 and July 2015, we enrolled 36 healthy, nonsmoking college students for a panel study in Shanghai, China, a city with highly variable levels of air pollution. We measured personal exposure to particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to 2.5 μm (PM2.5) continuously for 72 hours preceding each of 4 cli ...[more]