Cardiovascular consequences of air pollution: What are the mechanisms?

Heart

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 519-520

  Bhaskaran, Krishnan ^a   Wilkinson, Paul ^a   Smeeth, Liam ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; INFLAMMATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIR POLLUTION; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 79952536874     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2010.212183     Document Type: Editorial

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