Exposure to air pollution is associated with adverse cardiopulmonary health effects in international travellers.

ABSTRACT: With the number of annual global travellers reaching 1.2 billion, many individuals encounter greater levels of air pollution when they travel abroad to megacities around the world. This study's objective was to determine if visits to cities abroad with greater levels of air pollution adversely impact cardiopulmonary health. A total of 34 non-smoking healthy adult participants who travelled abroad to selected cities from the New York City (NYC) metropolitan area were pre-trained to measure lung function, blood pressure and heart rate (HR)/HR variability (HRV) and record symptoms before, during and after travelling abroad. Outdoor particulate matter (PM)2.5 concentrations were obtained from central monitors in each city. Associations between PM exposure concentrations and cardiopulmonary hea

SUBMITTER: Vilcassim MJR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6621915 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature