Global association of air pollution and heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Published in Lancet on July 10, 2013

Authors

Anoop S V Shah1, Jeremy P Langrish, Harish Nair, David A McAllister, Amanda L Hunter, Ken Donaldson, David E Newby, Nicholas L Mills

Author Affiliations

1: BHF/University Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh, UK.

Associated clinical trials:

Short-term Cardiovascular Benefits of Wearing Particulate-filtering Respirators | NCT02238028

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