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Comment
. 2013;10(4):e1001432.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001432. Epub 2013 Apr 23.

Air pollution and atherosclerosis: new evidence to support air quality policies

Nino Künzli  1
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Air pollution and atherosclerosis: new evidence to support air quality policies

Nino Künzli. PLoS Med. 2013.

Abstract

Nino Künzli discusses a large new cohort study that provides some of the first human evidence for the impact of air pollution on the development of atherosclerosis.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

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