Prospective study of ambient particulate matter exposure and risk of pulmonary embolism in the nurses’ health study cohort

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 123, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1265-1270

  Pun, Vivian C ^a,b   Hart, Jaime E ^b,c   Kabrhel, Christopher ^c,d   Camargo, Carlos A ^b,c,d   Baccarelli, Andrea A ^b   Laden, Francine ^b,c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; METABOLIC EQUIVALENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH; TRAFFIC; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICLE SIZE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOXICITY; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

PARTICULATE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84949228431     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1408927     Document Type: Article

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