Associations between air pollutants and blood pressure in an ethnically diverse cohort of adolescents in London, England (IMAGE)

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Associations between air pollutants and blood pressure in an ethnically diverse cohort of adolescents in London, England

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The research suggests that in adolescents living in London, UK, exposure to higher levels of the pollutant nitrogen dioxide was associated with lower systolic blood pressure, while exposure to higher levels of particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) was associated with higher systolic blood pressure.

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Mario La Pergola, Unsplash, CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

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