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Cardiovascular remodeling in response to long-term exposure to fine particulate matter air pollution.
Circulation. Heart failure - 1 Jul 2012
Wold Loren E, Ying Zhekang, Hutchinson Kirk R, Velten Markus, Gorr Matthew W, Velten Christina, Youtz Dane J, Wang Aixia, Lucchesi Pamela A, Sun Qinghua, Rajagopalan Sanjay
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BACKGROUND: Air pollution is a pervasive environmental health hazard that occurs over a lifetime of exposure in individuals from many industrialized societies. However, studies have focused primarily on exposure durations that correspond to only a portion of the lifespan. We therefore tested the hypothesis that exposure over a considerable portion of the lifespan would induce maladaptive cardiovascular responses....
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