Cardiovascular Mortality and Long-Term Exposure to Particulate Air Pollution: Epidemiological Evidence of General Pathophysiological Pathways of Disease

Circulation

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-77

  Pope III, C Arden ^a   Burnett, Richard T ^b,c   Thurston, George D ^d   Thun, Michael J ^e   Calle, Eugenia E ^e   Krewski, Daniel ^c   Godleski, John J ^f  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Mortality; Pulmonary heart disease; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HEART INNERVATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; ODDS RATIO; PARTICLE SIZE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0347086147     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000108927.80044.7F     Document Type: Article

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