Particulate air pollution is associated with an acute phase response in men: Results from the MONICA-Augsburg study

European Heart Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 14, 2001, Pages 1198-1204

  Peters, Annette ^a   Frohlich M ^b   Doring A ^a   Immervoll, T ^a   Wichmann, H E ^a   Hutchinson, W L ^c   Pepys, M B ^c   Koenig, W ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute phase reaction; Air pollution; Cardiovascular disease; Epidemiology; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

EID: 0034883753     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.2000.2483     Document Type: Article

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