Acute Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Effects of Near-Roadway Exposures with and without N95-Respirators.

CONCLUSIONS: Exposure to real-world combustion-derived particulates in TRAP, even at relatively-low concentrations, acutely worsened aortic hemodynamics. Our mixed findings regarding the health benefits of wearing N95-respirators support that further studies are needed to validate if they adequately-protect against TRAP given their growing worldwide usage.
PMID: 31350540 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: American Journal of Hypertension - July 26, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Morishita M, Wang L, Speth K, Zhou N, Bard RL, Li F, Brook JR, Rajagopalan S, Brook RD Tags: Am J Hypertens Source Type: research