Long-term exposure to particulate air pollution and brachial artery flow-mediated dilation in the Old Order Amish

• Main Authors: Shabnam Salimi (Author), Jeff D. Yanosky (Author), Dina Huang (Author), Jessica Montressor-Lopez (Author), Robert Vogel (Author), Robert M. Reed (Author), Braxton D. Mitchell (Author), Robin C. Puett (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Atmospheric particulate matter (PM) has been associated with endothelial dysfunction, an early marker of cardiovascular risk. Our aim was to extend this research to a genetically homogenous, geographically stable rural population using location-specific moving-average air polluti...