The association between short-term exposure to extremely high level of ambient fine particulate matter and blood pressure: a panel study in Beijing, China

Confocal microscopy 3D imaging of diesel particulate matter

“…Epidemiological studies have demonstrated a likely link between PM concentration exposure and the onset of respiratory, cardiovascular and neurological disease (Anderson et al 2012 ). For example, exposure to elevated PM concentration is suggested to be related to the incidence of hospital admission (Wei et al 2019 , de Aguiar Pontes Pamplona et al 2020 ) and adverse health effects in conditions such as respiratory disease for instance asthma (Grigg 2012 , Thurston et al 2020 ), heart disease (Tian et al 2019 , de Aguiar Pontes Pamplona et al 2020 , Chen et al 2020 ) and stroke (Huang et al 2019 ); recently, it has also been suggested that exposure to high levels of particulate matter may be associated with increased blood pressure in adults (Xu et al 2020 ). An increased incidence of health-related disease, likely associated with high levels of ambient PM, can also occur following volcanic eruptions (Forbes et al 2003 , Oudin et al 2013 , Carlsen et al 2015 ) and forest fires (Dennekamp and Abramson 2011 ).…”

“…1 View of 9 images stitched together to form a region with dimensions 360 × 360 × 30 μm; each of the 9 images was acquired using a ×100 objective lens. For clarity, the image has a z axis factor of 2 which magnifies the relative z axis component visualisation et al 2019); recently, it has also been suggested that exposure to high levels of particulate matter may be associated with increased blood pressure in adults (Xu et al 2020). An increased incidence of health-related disease, likely associated with high levels of ambient PM, can also occur following volcanic eruptions (Forbes et al 2003, Oudin et al 2013, Carlsen et al 2015 and forest fires (Dennekamp and Abramson 2011).…”