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Heart Disease



Coronary heart disease is associated with women exposed to ambient particulate matter



February 9th, 2006

Fatal coronary heart disease is associated with women exposed to ambient particulate matter.

"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," scientists at Loma Linda University reported.

L.H. Chen and colleagues wrote, "Monthly concentrations of ambient air pollutants were obtained from monitoring stations [PM <10 mcm in aerodynamic diameter (PM10 ), ozone, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide] or airport visibility data [PM <2.5 mcm in aerodynamic diameter...


Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-02-09)

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