Carotid intima-media thickness, a marker of subclinical atherosclerosis, and particulate air pollution exposure: The meta-analytical evidence

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Provost, Eline B ^a,b   Madhloum, Narjes ^a   Panis, Luc Int ^a,b   De Boever, Patrick ^a,b   Nawrot, Tim S ^a,c  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AIR QUALITY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; TOXICITY;

PARTICULATE MATTER;

ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 84929306156     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127014     Document Type: Article

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