Open AccessLong-Term Exposure to Airborne Particles and Arterial Stiffness: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)
Author(s) -
Marie S. O’Neill,
Ana V. DiezRoux,
Amy H. Auchincloss,
Mingwu Shen,
João A.C. Lima,
Joseph F. Polak,
R. Graham Barr,
Joel D. Kaufman,
David R. Jacobs
Publication year - 2011
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.0901524
Subject(s) - arterial stiffness , pulse wave velocity , medicine , cardiology , blood pressure , common carotid artery , demography , carotid arteries , sociology
Increased arterial stiffness could represent an intermediate subclinical outcome in the mechanistic pathway underlying associations between average long-term pollution exposure and cardiovascular events.
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