Chronic residential exposure to particulate matter air pollution and systemic inflammatory markers

Barbara Hoffmann; Susanne Moebus; Nico Dragano; Andreas Stang; Stefan Möhlenkamp; Axel Schmermund; M. Memmesheimer; Martina Bröcker‐Preuß; Klaus Mann; Raimund Erbel; Karl‐Heinz Jöckel

doi:10.1289/ehp.0800362

Chronic residential exposure to particulate matter air pollution and systemic inflammatory markers

Barbara Hoffmann, Susanne Moebus, Nico Dragano +8 more2009Environmental Health PerspectivesJournal Article

10.1289/ehp.0800362 PubMed Free full text

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Abstract

Our study indicates that long-term residential exposure to high levels of PM(2.5) is associated with systemic inflammatory markers in men. This might provide a link between air pollution and coronary atherosclerosis.

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