10-year study shows how air pollution fosters heart disease; accelerated plaque build-up in arteries
Green Car Congress
MAY 25, 2016
Now, direct evidence from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution ( MESA Air ), a 10-year epidemiological study of 6,795 people aged 45–84 years from six US states, shows that air pollution—even at levels below regulatory standards—accelerates the progression of atherosclerosis. concentration of 12 µg/m 3. (As
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