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Air Pollution Linked to Increased Cardiovascular Events and Death in Postmenopausal Women - CME Teaching Brief® - MedPage Today
Fine-particulate air pollution over time significantly increased the risk of first heart attack or stroke, as well as cardiac mortality, in postmenopausal women, researchers here reported. Moreover, the risk increased as pollution worsened so that for every 10 µg per cubic meter increase in fine-particulate matter the risk of a cardiovascular event rose by 24% and the risk of death jumped by 76%, found Kristin A. Miller, M.S., of the University of Washington, and colleagues, in an observational study. (MORE...) |
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