Long-term exposure to black carbon and carotid intima-media thickness: The normative aging study

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 121, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1061-1067

  Wilker, Elissa H ^a,b   Mittleman, Murray A ^a,b   Coull, Brent A ^a,b   Gryparis, Alexandros ^b   Bots, Michiel L ^c   Schwartz, Joel ^b   Sparrow, David ^d,e  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; CARBON; EXHAUST GAS;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXHAUST GAS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOXICITY; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BOSTON; CARBON; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84883277615     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1104845     Document Type: Article

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