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. 2015 Jan 7;36(2):83-93b.
doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehu458. Epub 2014 Dec 9.

Expert position paper on air pollution and cardiovascular disease

David E Newby  1 , Pier M Mannucci  2 , Grethe S Tell  3 , Andrea A Baccarelli  4 , Robert D Brook  5 , Ken Donaldson  6 , Francesco Forastiere  7 , Massimo Franchini  8 , Oscar H Franco  9 , Ian Graham  10 , Gerard Hoek  11 , Barbara Hoffmann  12 , Marc F Hoylaerts  13 , Nino Künzli  14 , Nicholas Mills  1 , Juha Pekkanen  15 , Annette Peters  16 , Massimo F Piepoli  17 , Sanjay Rajagopalan  18 , Robert F Storey  19 ; ESC Working Group on Thrombosis, European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation; ESC Heart Failure Association
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Expert position paper on air pollution and cardiovascular disease

David E Newby et al. Eur Heart J. .
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Origin and characteristics of particulate matter. Adapted from Heil.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Possible mechanistic effects of air pollution on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Based on Mills et al. and Forastiere and Agabiti.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Established and unsettled clinical outcomes related to air pollution (gaseous and particulate).
Figure 4
Figure 4
Hypothetical pathways (classical and alternative) through which particulate matter determines cardiovascular effects. Reproduced with permission from Mills et al.
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