The global threat of outdoor ambient air pollution to cardiovascular health: Time for intervention

JAMA Cardiology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 353-354

  Brook, Robert D ^a   Newby, David E ^b   Rajagopalan, Sanjay ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MORBIDITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHORT SURVEY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; INCIDENCE;

AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 85021138967     PISSN: 23806583     EISSN: 23806591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2017.0032     Document Type: Short Survey

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