Particulate air pollution and coronary heart disease

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 604-609

  Simkhovich, Boris Z ^a,b   Kleinman, Michael T ^c   Kloner, Robert A ^a,b  

^a GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Coronary heart disease; Morbidity; Mortality

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SCAVENGER; TIOPRONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CARDIOTOXICITY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART REHABILITATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; THROMBOSIS;

AIR POLLUTION; CORONARY DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 74249091145     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCO.0b013e32833161e5     Document Type: Review

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