The Association between Fatal Coronary Heart Disease and Ambient Particulate Air Pollution: Are Females at Greater Risk?

The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of long-term ambient particulate matter (PM) on risk of fatal coronary heart disease (CHD). A cohort of 3,239 nonsmoking, non-Hispanic white adults was followed for 22 years. Monthly concentrations of ambient air pollutants were obtained from monito...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Environmental health perspectives 2005-12, Vol.113 (12), p.1723-1729
Hauptverfasser:	Chen, Lie Hong, Knutsen, Synnove F., Shavlik, David, Beeson, W. Lawrence, Petersen, Floyd, Ghamsary, Mark, Abbey, David
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Air pollutants Air Pollutants - analysis Air Pollutants - poisoning Air pollution California - epidemiology Cephalopelvic disproportion Cigarette smoking Cohort Studies Congenital heart defects Coronary artery disease Coronary Disease - chemically induced Coronary Disease - epidemiology Coronary Disease - mortality Environmental Exposure European Continental Ancestry Group Female Humans Longitudinal Studies Male Middle Aged Mortality Particle Size Particulate matter Risk Assessment Risk factors (Health) Secondhand smoke Sex Factors Water pollution
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