A Global Analysis of Associations between Fine Particle Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Feasibility Study on Data Linkage

• Main Authors: Min Zhao (Author), Gerard Hoek (Author), Maciej Strak (Author), Diederick E. Grobbee (Author), Ian Graham (Author), Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch (Author), Ilonca Vaartjes (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Ubiquity Press, 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: This paper presents a feasibility study of data linkage between global air pollution data and clinical medical data to assess the associations of PM2.5 with cardiovascular risk factors. Methods: Cardiovascular risk factor data were obtained from the SUrvey of Risk Factors (SURF) for coro...