American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 97, Issue 3 , Pages 404-408 , 1 February 2006

Particulate Air Pollution and Hospital Admissions for Congestive Heart Failure in Seven United States Cities

  • Gregory A. Wellenius, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Unit, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Fax: 617-632-7698.
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  • Joel Schwartz, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
    • ,
  • Murray A. Mittleman, MD, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Unit, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.

Received 1 June 2005 ,Revised 15 August 2005 ,Accepted 15 August 2005.

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 This study was supported by Grants ESO13804, HL007374, and ES009825 from the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, and R827353 from the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC.

PII: S0002-9149(05)01831-X

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.08.061

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 97, Issue 3 , Pages 404-408 , 1 February 2006

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