Long-Term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Metabolic Syndrome in Adults.

Long-Term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Metabolic Syndrome in Adults.

Air pollutants (AP) play a role in subclinical inflammation, and are associated with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is inflammatory and precedes cardiovascular morbidity and type 2 diabetes. Thus, a positive association between AP and MetS may be hypothesized. We e...

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Main Authors: Ikenna C Eze, Emmanuel Schaffner, Maria Foraster, Medea Imboden, Arnold von Eckardstein, Margaret W Gerbase, Thomas Rothe, Thierry Rochat, Nino Künzli, Christian Schindler, Nicole Probst-Hensch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4478007?pdf=render

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