10-year study shows how air pollution fosters heart disease; accelerated plaque build-up in arteries
Green Car Congress
MAY 25, 2016
This was the most in-depth study of air pollution exposures ever applied to a large study group specifically designed to examine influences on cardiovascular health. The MESA Air study was funded in 2004 by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). For each 5 μg PM 2.5 /m m 3 increase, coronary calcium progressed by 4.1
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