Particulate matter exposure in cars is associated with cardiovascular effects in healthy young men

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 934-940

  Riediker, Michael ^a   Cascio, Wayne E ^b   Griggs, Thomas R ^b   Herbst, Margaret C ^b   Bromberg, Philip A ^b   Neas, Lucas ^b   Williams, Ronald W ^b   Devlin, Robert B ^b  

^a Institut de Santé au Travail   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ambulatory electrocardiography; Complete blood cell count; Vehicle emissions

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART BEAT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MONITORING; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 1842607522     PISSN: 00030805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200310-1463oc     Document Type: Article

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