Air pollution and thrombosis: An experimental approach

Pathophysiology of Haemostasis and Thrombosis

Volumn 32, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 349-350

  Nemmar, A ^a   Nemery, B ^a   Hoylaerts, M F ^b   Vermylen, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Diesel exhaust particles; Endothelial injury; Myocardial infarction; Platelet function analyser; Thrombosis; Ultrafine particles

Indexed keywords

AMINE; POLYSTYRENE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AIR POLLUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXHAUST GAS; HAMSTER; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOGENESIS; THROMBOSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DISEASE MODEL; REVIEW;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0142072216     PISSN: 14248832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073597     Document Type: Conference Paper

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