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Effects of ambient air pollution on functional status in patients with chronic congestive heart failure: a repeated-measures study

BACKGROUND: Studies using administrative data report a positive association between ambient air pollution and the risk of hospitalization for congestive heart failure (HF). Circulating levels of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) are directly associated with cardiac hemodynamics and symptom severity i...

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Autores principales: Wellenius, Gregory A, Yeh, Gloria Y, Coull, Brent A, Suh, Helen H, Phillips, Russell S, Mittleman, Murray A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2014745/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17845720
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-069X-6-26