2017
Household Air Pollution Is Associated with Altered Cardiac Function among Women in Kenya
Agarwal A, Kirwa K, Eliot MN, Alenezi F, Menya D, Mitter SS, Velazquez EJ, Vedanthan R, Wellenius GA, Bloomfield GS. Household Air Pollution Is Associated with Altered Cardiac Function among Women in Kenya. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2017, 197: 958-961. PMID: 28925740, PMCID: PMC6020413, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201704-0832le.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Relationship Between Daily Exposure to Biomass Fuel Smoke and Blood Pressure in High-Altitude Peru
Burroughs Peña M, Romero KM, Velazquez EJ, Davila-Roman VG, Gilman RH, Wise RA, Miranda JJ, Checkley W. Relationship Between Daily Exposure to Biomass Fuel Smoke and Blood Pressure in High-Altitude Peru. Hypertension 2015, 65: 1134-1140. PMID: 25753976, PMCID: PMC4466100, DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.114.04840.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiastolic blood pressureSystolic blood pressureBlood pressureBiomass fuel useHousehold air pollutionVital capacityFuel smokeHigher systolic blood pressurePopulation-based cohort studyDaily exposureHigher diastolic blood pressureBiomass fuel usersBlood pressure outcomesElevated blood pressureHigh blood pressureBiomass fuel smokeMultivariable regression modelsCardiovascular preventionCohort studyLung functionPressure outcomesEffect modificationHigher likelihoodHypertensionFuel users