Open AccessCardiovascular Outcomes and the Physical and Chemical Properties of Metal Ions Found in Particulate Matter Air Pollution: A QICAR Study
Author(s) -
Qingyu Meng,
Jennifer Richmond-Bryant,
Shou En Lu,
Barbara Buckley,
William J. Welsh,
Eric A. Whitsel,
Adel Hanna,
Karin Yeatts,
Joshua L. Warren,
Amy H. Herring,
Aijun Xiu
Publication year - 2013
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.1205793
Subject(s) - particulates , environmental chemistry , ecotoxicity , air pollution , pollutant , ion , air pollutants , environmental science , pollution , human health , chemistry , environmental health , medicine , biology , toxicity , ecology , organic chemistry
This paper presents an application of quantitative ion character-activity relationships (QICAR) to estimate associations of human cardiovascular (CV) diseases (CVDs) with a set of metal ion properties commonly observed in ambient air pollutants. QICAR has previously been used to predict ecotoxicity of inorganic metal ions based on ion properties.