Particulate matter air pollution and cardiovascular disease: An update to the scientific statement from the American Heart Association.

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Published in Circulation on May 10, 2010

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Robert D Brook, Sanjay Rajagopalan, C Arden Pope, Jeffrey R Brook, Aruni Bhatnagar, Ana V Diez-Roux, Fernando Holguin, Yuling Hong, Russell V Luepker, Murray A Mittleman, Annette Peters, David Siscovick, Sidney C Smith, Laurie Whitsel, Joel D Kaufman, American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology and Prevention, Council on the Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease, and Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism

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