Air pollution and coronary risk in kidney transplant recipients

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 506-507

  Laden, Francine ^a   Winkelmayer, Wolfgang C ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; BIOMEDICINE; CORONARY RISK; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 80053087605     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: 15236838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2011.08.002     Document Type: Editorial

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