Micro and Nano-plastic particles: What are they and do they effect cardiovascular health?

Affiliations

¹ Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Medical College, Belle Rive, Mauritius.
² Geriatric and long term care Department, Rumailah Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
³ Centre for Midwifery& Women's Health, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK.
⁴ Penn Highlands Healthcare, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
⁵ Quest international University, Perak, Malaysia.
⁶ .

Editorial

Indrajit Banerjee et al. Nepal J Epidemiol. 2024.

. 2024 Jun 30;14(1):1298-1301.

doi: 10.3126/nje.v14i1.64183. eCollection 2024 Jun.

¹ Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Medical College, Belle Rive, Mauritius.
² Geriatric and long term care Department, Rumailah Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
³ Centre for Midwifery& Women's Health, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK.
⁴ Penn Highlands Healthcare, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
⁵ Quest international University, Perak, Malaysia.
⁶ .

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests There is no conflict of interest for any author of this manuscript.

1. Vadera S, Khan S. A critical analysis of the rising global demand of plastics and its adverse impact on environmental sustainability. J. Environ. Pollut. Manag. 2021;3:105. https://doi.org/10.18875/2639-7269.3.105 10.18875/2639-7269.3.105 - DOI
1. Dickson OA. Petrochemicals: upstream to plastic industry using ideas, methods, developments and procedures in developing countries. In 39th CSN Annual International Conference, Workshop and Exhibition, 2016 Rivers State University of Science and Technology 2016 (pp. 1-10). Academic Journals.: Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
1. Thompson RC, Moore CJ, vom Saal FS, Swan SH. Plastics, the environment and human health: current consensus and future trends. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2009. Jul 27;364(1526):2153-66. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2009.0053 10.1098/rstb.2009.0053 PMid: PMCid: - DOI - PMC - PubMed
1. Yan J, Pan Y, He J, et al. . Toxic vascular effects of polystyrene microplastic exposure. Sci Total Environ. 2023. Dec 20;905:167215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167215 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167215 PMid: - DOI - PubMed
1. What are microplastics? NOAA's National Ocean Service. [online 2023] [cited 2024 March 26] Available from: URL: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/microplastics.html#:~:text=Plastic%2....