Understanding Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Diseases: Is It Preventable?

Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Morishita, Masako ^a   Thompson, Kathryn C ^a   Brook, Robert D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cardiovascular disease risks; Interventions

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRITE;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR FILTER; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FACE MASK; FILTRATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW;

EID: 84928618220     PISSN: 19329520     EISSN: 19329563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12170-015-0458-1     Document Type: Review

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