Ambient air pollution and atherosclerosis in Los Angeles.(Research)

From: Environmental Health Perspectives | Date: February 1, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

Associations have been found between long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The contribution of air pollution to atherosclerosis that underlies many cardiovascular diseases has not been investigated. Animal data suggest that ambient particulate matter (PM) may contribute to atherogenesis. We used data on 798 participants from two clinical trials to investigate the association between atherosclerosis and long-term exposure to ambient PM up to 2.5 pan in aerodynamic diameter (P[M.sub.2.5]). Baseline data included assessment of the ...

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