Household biomass fuel use, blood pressure and carotid intima media thickness; a cross sectional study of rural dwelling women in Southern Nigeria

Sandra N. Ofori; Julius N. Fobil; Osaretin J. Odia

doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2018.06.102

Household biomass fuel use, blood pressure and carotid intima media thickness; a cross sectional study of rural dwelling women in Southern Nigeria

Sandra N. Ofori, Julius N. Fobil, Osaretin J. Odia

Biological, Environmental and Occupational Health

University of Port Harcourt

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Abstract

Domestic exposure to biomass smoke is associated with an increase in systolic blood pressure, pre-hypertension and increase in carotid intima media thickness of rural women in Southern Nigeria. More research is needed in this area to further evaluate this association.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	390-397
Number of pages	8
Journal	Environmental Pollution
Volume	242
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2018.06.102
Publication status	Published - Nov 2018

Keywords

Air pollution
Biomass fuel
Cardiovascular disease
Hypertension

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Household biomass fuel use, blood pressure and carotid intima media thickness; a cross sectional study of rural dwelling women in Southern Nigeria

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