Long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution and progression of carotid artery atherosclerosis: A prospective cohort study

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Gan, Wen Qi ^a,b   Allen, Ryan W ^c   Brauer, Michael ^d   Davies, Hugh W ^d   Mancini, G B John ^d,e   Lear, Scott A ^c,f  

^a DONALD AND BARBARA ZUCKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT HOFSTRA NORTHWELL   (United States)

^b Feinstein Institute for Medical Research North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System ^*  (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f Division of Cardiology   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CANADA; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS; TRAFFIC; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CANADA; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84899509060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004743     Document Type: Article

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