Air pollution: From lung to heart

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 135, Issue 47-48, 2005, Pages 697-702

  Künzli, Nino ^a   Tager, Ira B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental health; Ozone; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG FUNCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 30544438454     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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