Cardiovascular effects of particulate air pollution exposure: Time course and underlying mechanisms

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 272, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 224-239

  Langrish, J P ^a   Bosson, J ^b   Unosson, J ^b   Muala, A ^b   Newby, D E ^a   Mills, N L ^a   Blomberg, A ^b   Sandstrom T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular disease; Thrombosis; Vascular function

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THROMBOSIS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

AIR POLLUTION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICULATE MATTER; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 84865555333     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: 13652796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2012.02566.x     Document Type: Review

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