New insights into pollution and the cardiovascular system: 2010 to 2012

Circulation

Volumn 127, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 1903-1913

  Gold, Diane R ^a,b   Mittleman, Murray A ^c,d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental Health ^*  (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC CARBON; OZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOMASS; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNICITY; GAS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART PROTECTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFECTION; LIFESTYLE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RETINA; REVIEW; SEX; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING; TEMPERATURE;

AHA MEDICAL/SCIENTIFIC STATEMENTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PREVENTION;

AIR POLLUTION; AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HUMANS; PARTICULATE MATTER; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84877280809     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.064337     Document Type: Review

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