Cardiovascular Benefits of Wearing Particulate-Filtering Respirators: A Randomized Crossover Trial

Conclusions: Short-term wearing of particulate-filtering respirators may produce cardiovascular benefits by improving autonomic nervous function and reducing BP. Citation: Shi J, Lin Z, Chen R, Wang C, Yang C, Cai J, Lin J, Xu X, Ross JA, Zhao Z, Kan H. 2017. Cardiovascular benefits of wearing particulate-filtering respirators: a randomized crossover trial. Environ Health Perspect 125:175–180; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/EHP73 Address correspondence to H. Kan, Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Fudan University, P.O. Box 249, 130 Dong-An Rd., Shanghai 200032, China. Telephone: 86 (21) 5423 7908. E-mail: kanh@fudan.edu.cn, or Z. Zhao, Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Fudan University, P.O. Box 249, 130 Dong-An Rd., Shanghai 200032, China. Telephone: 86 (21) 5423 7908. E-mail: zhzhao@fudan.edu.cn The study was supported by the Public Welfare Research Program of the National Health and Family Planning Commission of China (201502003 and 201402022), Cyrus Tang Foundation (CTF-FD2014001), State Key Basic Research Program (973) Project (2015CB553404), China Medical Board Collaborating Program (13-152), ZhuoXue Plan for funding support by Fudan University (No. JJF201049) and funded by the Shanghai 3-Year Public Health Action Plan (GWTD2015S04). The authors declare they have no actual or potential competing financial interests. Received: 7 March 2016 Revised: 12 July 2016 Accepted: 26 July 2016 Published: 26 August 2016 Note...
Source: EHP Research - Category: Environmental Health Authors: Tags: Research Articles February 2017 Source Type: research