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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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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 |