Traffic and the heart

European Heart Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 2621-2622

  Brunekreef, Bert ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN OXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EDITORIAL; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL AREA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; METEOROLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; TRAFFIC; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

AUTOMOBILES; CORONARY DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33750899879     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl319     Document Type: Editorial

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