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Chimney Stove Intervention to Reduce Long-term Wood Smoke Exposure Lowers Blood Pressure among Guatemalan Women

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: RESPIRE, a randomized trial of an improved cookstove, was conducted in Guatemala to assess health effects of long-term reductions in wood smoke exposure. Given the evidence that ambient particles increase blood pressure, we hypothesized that the intervention would lower blo...

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Autores principales: McCracken, John P., Smith, Kirk R., Díaz, Anaité, Mittleman, Murray A., Schwartz, Joel
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1913602/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17637912
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.9888