Intima-media thickness of the common carotid artery in highway toll collectors

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 430-433

  Erdogmus, Besir ^a   Yazici, Burhan ^a   Annakkaya, Ali Nihat ^a   Bilgin, Cahit ^a   Safak, Alp Alper ^a   Arbak, Peri ^a   Tugay, Ali ^a  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Air pollution; B mode ultrasound; Carotid artery; Exhaust particle; Intima media thickness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HIGHWAY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 33845989446     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20276     Document Type: Article

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