Air particulate matter and cardiovascular disease: The epidemiological, biomedical and clinical evidence

Journal of Thoracic Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages E8-E19

  Du, Yixing ^a   Xu, Xiaohan ^a   Chu, Ming ^a   Guo, Yan ^a   Wang, Junhong ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Morbidity; Mortality; Particulate matter (PM)

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 84957061444     PISSN: 20721439     EISSN: 20776624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2015.11.37     Document Type: Review

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