Residential black carbon exposure and circulating markers of systemic inflammation in elderly males: The normative aging study

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 674-680

  Fang, Shona C ^a   Mehta, Amar J ^a,b,c   Alexeeff, Stacey E ^a   Gryparis, Alexandros ^d   Coull, Brent ^a   Vokonas, Pantel ^e,f   Christiani, David C ^a,g   Schwartz, Joel ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Black carbon; Cardiovascular disease; Coronary heart disease; Diabetes; Inflammation; Land use regression model; Particulate matter; Susceptible; Traffic

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MARKER; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA;

EID: 84861073086     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1103982     Document Type: Article

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