Chronic Residential Exposure to Particulate Matter Air Pollution and Systemic Inflammatory Markers
Author(s) -
Barbara Hoffmann,
Susanne Moebus,
Nico Dragano,
Andreas Stang,
Stefan Möhlenkamp,
Axel Schmermund,
M. Memmesheimer,
Martina BröckerPreuß,
Klaus Mann,
Raimund Erbel,
KarlHeinz Jöckel
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.0800362
Subject(s) - particulates , air pollution , systemic inflammation , exposure assessment , environmental health , environmental chemistry , environmental science , inflammation , medicine , immunology , chemistry , biology , ecology
Long-term exposure to urban air pollution may accelerate atherogenesis, but mechanisms are still unclear. The induction of a low-grade systemic inflammatory state is a plausible mechanistic pathway.
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