Traffic air pollution and oxidized LDL.

<h4>Background</h4>Epidemiologic studies indirectly suggest that air pollution accelerates atherosclerosis. We hypothesized that individual exposure to particulate matter (PM) derived from fossil fuel would correlate with plasma concentrations of oxidized low-density lipoprotein (LDL), t...

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Main Authors: Lotte Jacobs, Jan Emmerechts, Marc F Hoylaerts, Chantal Mathieu, Peter H Hoet, Benoit Nemery, Tim S Nawrot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21283820/pdf/?tool=EBI