The Association between Fatal Coronary Heart Disease and Ambient Particulate Air Pollution: Are Females at Greater Risk?
- 1 December 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Environmental Health Perspectives in Environmental Health Perspectives
- Vol. 113 (12), 1723-1729
- https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.8190
Abstract
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 ...Keywords
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