Air Pollution & Traffic: Environmental Impacts on the Heart
Recent findings that are part of the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, an ongoing examination in six U.S. communities of the lifestyle factors that predict development of cardiovascular disease, indicate that traffic-related air pollution may increase heart disease risk by lowering levels of so-called “good” cholesterol. In a study of 6,654 middle-aged and older adults from […]
