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Residential distance to major roadways and cardiac structure in African Americans: cross-sectional results from the Jackson Heart Study

BACKGROUND: Heart failure (HF) is a significant source of morbidity and mortality among African Americans. Ambient air pollution, including from traffic, is associated with HF, but the mechanisms remain unknown. The objectives of this study were to estimate the cross-sectional associations between r...

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Autores principales: Weaver, Anne M., Wellenius, Gregory A., Wu, Wen-Chih, Hickson, DeMarc A., Kamalesh, Masoor, Wang, Yi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5341411/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28270143
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12940-017-0226-4