Venous thromboembolism in an industrial north american city: temporal distribution and association with particulate matter air pollution.

BACKGROUND: Emerging evidence, mainly from Europe and Asia, indicates that venous thromboembolism (VTE) occurs most often in winter. Factors implicated in such seasonality are low temperature-mediated exacerbation of coagulation and high levels of particulate matter (PM) air pollution. However, in c...

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Main Authors: Holly H Chiu, Peter Whittaker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3707887?pdf=render