Air Pollution and Atherosclerosis: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Four European Cohort Studies in the ESCAPE Study

Perez, Laura; Wolf, Kathrin; Hennig, Frauke; Penell, Johanna; Basagana, Xavier; Foraster, Maria; Aguilera, Inmaculada; Agis, David; Beelen, Rob; Brunekreef, Bert; Cyrys, Josef; Fuks, Kateryna B.; Adam, Martin; Baldassarre, Damiano; Cirach, Marta; Elosua, Roberto; Dratva, Julia; Hampel, Regina; Koenig, Wolfgang; Marrugat, Jaume; de Faire, Ulf; Pershagen, Goran; Probst-Hensch, Nicole M.; de Nazelle, Audrey; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Rathmann, Wolfgang; Rivera, Marcela; Seissler, Jochen; Schindler, Christian; Thiery, Joachim; Hoffmann, Barbara; Peters, Annette; Kuenzli, Nino

doi:10.1289/ehp.1307711

Research article2015Peer reviewedOpen access

Air Pollution and Atherosclerosis: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Four European Cohort Studies in the ESCAPE Study

Perez, Laura; Wolf, Kathrin; Hennig, Frauke; Penell, Johanna; Basagana, Xavier; Foraster, Maria; Aguilera, Inmaculada; Agis, David; Beelen, Rob; Brunekreef, Bert; Cyrys, Josef; Fuks, Kateryna B.; Adam, Martin; Baldassarre, Damiano; Cirach, Marta; Elosua, Roberto; Dratva, Julia; Hampel, Regina; Koenig, Wolfgang; Marrugat, Jaume;
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: In four European cohorts we investigated the cross-sectional association between long-term exposure to air pollution and intima-media thickness of the common carotid artery (CIMT) a preclinical marker of atherosclerosis.METHODS: Individually assigned levels of nitrogen dioxide nitrogen oxides particulate matter

Published in

Environmental Health Perspectives
2015, volume: 123, number: 6, pages: 597-605
Publisher: US DEPT HEALTH HUMAN SCIENCES PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCE

SLU Authors

Penell, Johanna
- Karolinska Institute

UKÄ Subject classification

Environmental Health and Occupational Health
Public Health, Global Health and Social Medicine
Epidemiology

Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1307711

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/83980