Long-Term Metal PM2.5 Exposures Decrease Cardiac Acceleration and Deceleration Capacities in Welders

Peter E Umukoro1, Tianteng Fan, Jinming Zhang

  • 1Department of Environmental Health (Dr Umukoro, Dr Fan, Dr Zhang, Dr Cavallari, Dr Fang, Dr Lu, Dr Christiani); Consulting (Dr Fan), Adheris Health; Department of Epidemiology (Dr Ittleman, Dr Christiani), Department of Biostatistics (Dr Lin), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Mass; Department of Community Medicine and Health Care (Dr Cavallari), University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington; Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Unit (Dr Mittleman), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass; Medical Department (Dr Schmidt), Munich University of Technology; DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research) Partner site Munich Heart Alliance (Dr Schmidt), Munich, Germany; and Pulmonary and Critical Care Unit (Dr Christiani), Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston.

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