Actuality - Air pollution and cardiovascular disease

Harefuah

Volumn 146, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 738-743

  Haber, Guy ^a   Witberg, Guy ^a   Danenberg, Haim ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cardiovascular disease; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION;

EID: 38449110593     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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