Chronic exposure to biomass fuel is associated with increased carotid artery intima-media thickness and a higher prevalence of atherosclerotic plaque

Heart

Volumn 99, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 984-991

  Painschab, Matthew S ^a,b   Davila Roman, Victor G ^b   Gilman, Robert H ^c   Vasquez Villar, Angel D ^d   Pollard, Suzanne L ^c   Wise, Robert A ^a   Miranda, J Jaime ^e,f   Checkley, William ^a,c,e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL NACIONAL GUILLERMO ALMENARA IRIGOYEN   (Peru)

^e CRONICAS CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN CHRONIC DISEASES   (Peru)

^f UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS FUEL; FUEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERU; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; COOKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OILS; PERU; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREVALENCE; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84879684297     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2012-303440     Document Type: Article

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