Air pollution and cardiovascular disease: A statement for healthcare professionals from the expert panel on population and prevention science of the American Heart Association

Circulation

Volumn 109, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 2655-2671

  Brook, Robert D ^a   Franklin, Barry ^a   Cascio, Wayne ^a   Hong, Yuling ^a   Howard, George ^a   Lipsett, Michael ^a   Luepker, Russell ^a   Mittleman, Murray ^a   Samet, Jonathan ^a   Smith Jr , Sidney C ^a   Tager, Ira ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

AHA Scientific Statements; Air pollution; Cardiovascular diseases; Respiration

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; THROMBOSIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LUNG DISEASES; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PARTICLE SIZE; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2642540057     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000128587.30041.C8     Document Type: Review

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