Short-Term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Biomarkers of Systemic Inflammation: The Framingham Heart Study

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 1793-1800

  Li, Wenyuan ^a,b   Dorans, Kirsten S ^a,b   Wilker, Elissa H ^a,b   Rice, Mary B ^b   Ljungman, Petter L ^b,c   Schwartz, Joel D ^a   Coull, Brent A ^a   Koutrakis, Petros ^a   Gold, Diane R ^a,b   Keaney, John F ^d   Vasan, Ramachandran S ^e,f,g   Benjamin, Emelia J ^e,f,g   Mittleman, Murray A ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

air pollution; biomarkers; epidemiology; inflammation; particulate matter

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BLACK CARBON; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; INTERLEUKIN 6; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE; SULFATE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; AUTACOID; IL6 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TNFRSF1B PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; WEATHER; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; MASSACHUSETTS; METABOLISM; PARTICLE SIZE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME FACTOR; UPREGULATION; URBAN HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; BIOMARKERS; BOSTON; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR, TYPE II; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UP-REGULATION; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 85034423477     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: 15244636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.117.309799     Document Type: Article

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