Particulate air pollution and vascular reactivity: The bus stop study

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 159-164

  Dales, Robert ^a   Liu, Ling ^a   Szyszkowicz, Mietek ^a   Dalipaj, Mary ^b   Willey, Jeff ^b   Kulka, Ryan ^a   Ruddy, Terrence D ^b,c  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arteries; Endothelin; Epidemiology; Pollution; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; TRAFFIC; VASODILATATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; ONTARIO; PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 35448977590     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-007-0199-7     Document Type: Article

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