Journal article

Positive association between short-term ambient air pollution exposure and children blood pressure in China–Result from the Seven Northeast Cities (SNEC) study

XW Zeng, Z Qian, MG Vaughn, EJ Nelson, SC Dharmage, G Bowatte, J Perret, DH Chen, H Ma, S Lin, B de Foy, LW Hu, BY Yang, SL Xu, C Zhang, YP Tian, M Nian, J Wang, X Xiao, WW Bao Show all

Environmental Pollution | ELSEVIER SCI LTD | Published : 2017

Abstract

The impact of ambient air pollution on health causes concerns in China. However, little is known about the association of short-term air pollution exposure with blood pressure (BP) in children. The goal of present study was to assess the association between short-term air pollution and BP in children from a highly polluted area in China. This study enrolled 9354 children in 24 elementary and middle schools (aged 5–17 years) from the Seven Northeast Cities (SNEC) study, respectively, during the period of 2012–2013. Ambient air pollutants, including particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of ≤10 μm (PM10), sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and ozone (O3) on the days (1–5 day..

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Grants

Awarded by National Key Research and Development Program of China


Awarded by Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities


Awarded by Guangdong Province Natural Science Foundation


Funding Acknowledgements

This research was supported by grants from the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2016YFC0207000), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 16ykzd02), and the Guangdong Province Natural Science Foundation (2014A050503027, 2016A030313342). The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the funding source. The funding source had no role in the design or analysis of the study publication.