Association between long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution and subclinical atherosclerosis: The REGICOR study

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 223-230

  Rivera, Marcela ^a,b,c,d   Basagaña, Xavier ^a,b   Aguilera, Inmaculada ^a,b,e   Foraster, Maria ^a,b,c,e   Agis, David ^a,b,e   de Groot, Eric ^f   Perez, Laura ^g,h   Mendez, Michelle A ⁱ   Bouso, Laura ^a,b,e   Targa, Jaume ^j   Ramos, Rafael ^k,l   Sala, Joan ^m   Marrugat, Jaume ^b   Elosua, Roberto ^b,e   Künzli, Nino ^g,h  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^f ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^j not available   (Spain)

^k INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^l UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^m HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Ankle brachial index; Average daily traffic; Cardiovascular disease; Exposure assessment; Exposure to tailpipe emissions; Intima media thickness; Land use regression model; Mediterranean diet; Nitrogen dioxide

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEISURE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NOTE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRAFFIC NOISE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 84873329771     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1205146     Document Type: Note

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