Cardiovascular effects associated with air pollution: Potential mechanisms and methods of testing

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1231-1247

  Utell, Mark J ^a   Frampton, Mark W ^a   Zareba, Wojciech ^a   Devlin, Robert B ^b   Cascio, Wayne E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; ION CHANNEL; LIPID;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD FLOW; CELL FUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOTHELIUM; FOREARM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; IMAGING; INDUSTRY; INFLAMMATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOSIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLINICAL TRIALS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; ION CHANNELS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PARTICLE SIZE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036917225     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958370290084881     Document Type: Article

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