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Ambient Air Pollution and the Progression of Atherosclerosis in Adults

BACKGROUND: Cross-sectional studies suggest an association between exposure to ambient air pollution and atherosclerosis. We investigated the association between outdoor air quality and progression of subclinical atherosclerosis (common carotid artery intima-media thickness, CIMT). METHODOLOGY/PRINC...

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Autores principales: Künzli, Nino, Jerrett, Michael, Garcia-Esteban, Raquel, Basagaña, Xavier, Beckermann, Bernardo, Gilliland, Frank, Medina, Merce, Peters, John, Hodis, Howard N., Mack, Wendy J.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2817007/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20161713
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0009096