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University Study Finds Link Between Smog and Diabetes and Hypertension Among Black Women

January 13, 2012

Women who had the highest exposure to nitrogen oxides, as a result of traffic-related air pollution, had a 24 percent higher risk of diabetes.

Temple University Scientist Seeks to Explain Why Blacks Are More Likely to Suffer From Hypertension

October 7, 2011

Research finds that a difference in the way cells in African Americans respond to inflammation may explain the greater incidence of hypertension in the black population.

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