Long-term exposure to outdoor air pollution and incidence of cardiovascular diseases

Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 44-53

  Atkinson, Richard W ^a   Carey, Iain M ^a   Kent, Andrew J ^b   Van Staa, Tjeerd P ^c   Ross Anderson, H ^d   Cook, Derek G ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b RICARDO UK LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICINES AND HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS REGULATORY AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH CERTIFICATE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 84871789433     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e318276ccb8     Document Type: Article

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