Association of criteria pollutants with plasma hemostatic/inflammatory markers: A population-based study

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 319-328

  Liao, Duanping ^a   Heiss, Gerardo ^b   Chinchilli, Vernon M ^a   Duan, Yinkang ^a   Folsom, Aaron R ^c   Lin, Hung Mo ^a   Salomaa, Veikko ^d  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cardiovascular disease; Criteria pollutants; Hemostasis; Inflammation; Population based study

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; SERUM ALBUMIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT; POPULATION RESEARCH; SAMPLING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 23744470215     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500408     Document Type: Article

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