Ambulatory monitoring demonstrates an acute association between cookstove-related carbon monoxide and blood pressure in a Ghanaian cohort

• Main Authors: Ashlinn K. Quinn (Author), Kenneth Ayuurebobi Ae-Ngibise (Author), Patrick L. Kinney (Author), Seyram Kaali (Author), Blair J. Wylie (Author), Ellen Boamah (Author), Daichi Shimbo (Author), Oscar Agyei (Author), Steven N. Chillrud (Author), Mohammed Mujtaba (Author), Joseph E. Schwartz (Author), Marwah Abdalla (Author), Seth Owusu-Agyei (Author), Darby W. Jack (Author), Kwaku Poku Asante (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Repeated exposure to household air pollution may intermittently raise blood pressure (BP) and affect cardiovascular outcomes. We investigated whether hourly carbon monoxide (CO) exposures were associated with acute increases in ambulatory blood pressure (ABP); and secondarily, if...