Long term exposure to ambient air pollution and incidence of acute coronary events: prospective cohort study and meta-analysis in 11 European cohorts from the ESCAPE Project

Cesaroni, Giulia; Forastiere, Francesco; Stafoggia, Massimo; Jovanovic Andersen, Zorana; Badaloní, Chiara; Beelen, Rob; Caracciolo, Barbara; dé Fairé, Ulf; Erbel, Raimund; T. Eriksen, Kirsten; Fratiglioni, Laura; Galassi, Claudia; Hampel, Regina; Heier, Margit; Hennig, Frauke; Hilding, Agneta; Hoffmann, Barbara; Houthuijs, Danny; Jöckel, Karl‐Heinz; Korek, Michal; Lanki, Timo; Leander, Karin; K. E. Magnusson, Patrik; Migliore, Enrica; Östenson, Claes‐Göran; Overvad, Kim; L. Pedersen, Nancy; Pouliot J, J; Penell, Johanna; Pershagen, Göran; Pyko, Andrei; Raaschou‐Nielsen, Ole; Ranzi, Andrea; Ricceri, Fulvio; Sacerdote, Carlotta; Salomaa, V.; Swart, Wim; W. Turunen, Anu; Vineis, P.; Weinmayr, Gudrun; Wolf, Kathrin; de Hoogh, Kees; Hoek, Gerard; Brunekreef, Bert; Peters, Annette

doi:10.1136/bmj.f7412

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Long term exposure to ambient air pollution and incidence of acute coronary events: prospective cohort study and meta-analysis in 11 European cohorts from the ESCAPE Project

Published in BMJ • Jan 21, 2014

Authors:

Giulia Cesaroni

Francesco Forastiere

Massimo Stafoggia

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To study the effect of long term exposure to airborne pollutants on the incidence of acute coronary events in 11 cohorts participating in the European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects (ESCAPE). DESIGN: Prospective cohort studies and meta-analysis of the results. SETTING: Cohort...

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Medicine

Hazard ratio

Confidence interval

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