Residential Exposure to Urban Traffic Is Associated with Increased Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Children

Chronic exposure to urban traffic pollution is documented to promote atherosclerosis in adults but little is known about its potential effects in children. Our study examined the association of long-term exposure to traffic with carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) in 287 healthy children. Resident...

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Autores principales: Armijos, Rodrigo X., Weigel, M. Margaret, Myers, Orrin B., Li, Wen-Whai, Racines, Marcia, Berwick, Marianne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4306396/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25685160
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/713540

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4306396/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25685160
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/713540

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