Gaseous air pollution and emergency hospital visits for hypertension in Beijing, China: a time-stratified case-crossover study

• Main Authors: Zhang Yanshen (Author), Yu Weiwei (Author), Barnett Adrian G (Author), Li Shanshan (Author), Tong Shilu (Author), Guo Yuming (Author), Pan Xiaochuan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2010-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>A number of epidemiological studies have been conducted to research the adverse effects of air pollution on mortality and morbidity. Hypertension is the most important risk factor for cardiovascular mortality. However, few previous s...