Why cardiologists should be interested in air pollution

Heart

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1383-1388

  Routledge, H C ^a   Ayres, J G ^b   Townend, J N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LAW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

EID: 0344394424     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.89.12.1383     Document Type: Review

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