Why cardiologists should be interested in air pollution

H. C. Routledge; Jonathan Geoffrey Ayres; J. N. Townend

doi:10.1136/heart.89.12.1383

Why cardiologists should be interested in air pollution

H. C. Routledge, Jonathan Geoffrey Ayres, J. N. Townend

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Abstract

Despite major improvements in air quality resulting from increasingly stringent legislation, there remains a strong association between daily mortality and current levels of air pollution. Growing epidemiological evidence suggests that many, perhaps the majority, of these deaths are caused by cardiovascular disease.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1383-1388
Number of pages	5
Journal	Heart
Volume	89
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/heart.89.12.1383
Publication status	Published - Dec 2003

Keywords

HEART-RATE-VARIABILITY
CAUSE-SPECIFIC MORTALITY
C-REACTIVE PROTEIN
KAPPA-B ACTIVATION
CARBON-MONOXIDE LEVELS
TIME-SERIES ANALYSIS
HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION
PARTICULATE MATTER
CARDIOVASCULAR-DISEASE

UN SDGs

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Why cardiologists should be interested in air pollution

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