Environmental Health
Air pollution has immediate effects on key factors in cardiac death
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, June 5th, 2005
According to scientists in Germany, "Epidemiologic studies report associations between particulate air pollution and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, but the underlying pathophysiologic mechanisms are still unclear. We tested the hypothesis that patients with preexisting coronary heart disease experience changes in the repolarization parameters in association with rising concentrations of air pollution."
A. Henneberger and colleagues of Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich explained, "A prospective panel study was conducted in...
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