Open AccessResidential Exposure to Urban Air Pollution, Ankle–Brachial Index, and Peripheral Arterial Disease
Author(s) -
Barbara Hoffmann,
Susanne Moebus,
Knut Kröger,
Andreas Stang,
Stefan Möhlenkamp,
Nico Dragano,
Axel Schmermund,
M. Memmesheimer,
Raimund Erbel,
KarlHeinz Jöckel
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.901
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1531-5487
pISSN - 1044-3983
DOI - 10.1097/ede.0b013e3181961ac2
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , cohort , arterial disease , peripheral , odds ratio , ankle , population , cohort study , air pollution , environmental health , vascular disease , demography , surgery , biology , sociology , ecology
Long-term exposure to particulate air pollution has been associated with increased cardiovascular disease. Biologic pathways for this association are not fully understood.