Associations of time-weighted individual exposure to ambient particulate matter with carotid atherosclerosis in Beijing, China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Time-location information (time spent on commuting, indoors and outdoors around residential and work places and physical activity) and infiltrated outdoor pollution was less considered estimating individual exposure to ambient air pollution. Studies investigating the association between individual exposure to particulate matter (PM) with aerodynamic diameter < 10 μm (PM₁₀) and < 2.5 μm (PM_2.5) and carotid atherosclerosis presented inconsistent results. Moreover, combined effect of pollutants on carotid atherosclerosis was not fully explored. We aimed to investigate the association between long-term individual time-weighted average exposure to PM_2.5 and PM₁₀ and the risk of carotid atherosclerosis, and further explore the overal

SUBMITTER: Han Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10226216 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature