Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Injury

Boris Z. Simkhovich; Michael T. Kleinman; Robert A. Kloner

doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2008.05.029

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Year: 2008
Type: review
Volume: 52
Issue: 9
Pages: 719-726
Citations: 425
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                                    Boris Z. Simkhovich, 
                                
                                    Michael T. Kleinman, 
                                
                                    Robert A. Kloner
                                
                            (2008). 
                            Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Injury. 
                            Journal of the American College of Cardiology
                            , 52
                            (9)
                            , 719-726.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2008.05.029

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DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.05.029