Traffic-related particles (TRPs) are associated with adverse cardiovascular events. The exact mechanisms are unclear, but systemic inflammatory responses likely play a role. The authors conducted a repeated measures study among male participants of the Normative Aging Study in the greater Boston, Massachusetts, area to determine whether individual-level residential black carbon (BC), a marker of TRPs, is associated with systemic inflammation and whether coronary heart disease (CHD), diabetes, and obesity modify associations.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/residential-black-carbon-exposure-and-circulating-markers-systemic-inflammation
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/shona-c-fang
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/amar-j-mehta
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/stacey-e-alexeeff-et-al
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/environmental-health-perspectives
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vehicular-pollution
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/heart-diseases
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-states-america-us
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/diabetes
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/aged
