Electrocardiographic ST-segment depression and exposure to traffic-related aerosols in elderly subjects with coronary artery disease

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 196-202

  Delfino, Ralph J ^a   Gillen, Daniel L ^b   Tjoa, Thomas ^a   Staimer, Norbert ^a   Polidori, Andrea ^c   Arhami, Mohammad ^c,d   Sioutas, Constantinos ^c   Longhurst, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Ringgold Standard Institution Informatics   (United States)

^c University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^d SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Air; Coronary artery disease; Epidemiology; Longitudinal data analysis; Myocardial ischemia; Outdoor air; Size distribution

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC CARBON; OZONE;

AEROSOL; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; GAS; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIMARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; UNITED STATES; AIR POLLUTANT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER;

AEROSOLS; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 79955429310     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1002372     Document Type: Article

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