Air pollution and atherosclerosis: new evidence to support air quality policies.
editorial · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 23637577.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001432 and PMC identifier 3637007.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
Nino Künzli discusses a large new cohort study that provides some of the first human evidence for the impact of air pollution on the development of atherosclerosis.
Medical subject headings
- Air Pollution
- Atherosclerosis
- Carotid Intima-Media Thickness
- Environmental Exposure
- Particulate Matter