Residential Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Survival after Heart Failure

• Published in: Environmental health perspectives Vol. 116; no. 4; pp. 481 - 485
• Main Authors: Medina-Ramón, Mercedes, Goldberg, Robert, Melly, Steven, Mittleman, Murray A., Schwartz, Joel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. National Institutes of Health. Department of Health, Education and Welfare 01.04.2008; National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
• Subjects: Aged; Air Pollutants - toxicity; Air pollution; Air Pollution - adverse effects; Air pollution effects; Bus routes; Buses; Environmental aspects; Environmental Exposure - adverse effects; Epidemiology; Exposure; Female; Health aspects; Health risks; Heart; Heart failure; Heart Failure - mortality; Hospitalization; Humans; Insurance Claim Review; International Statistical Classification of Diseases; Male; Mortality; Mortality risk; Motor vehicle traffic; Motor Vehicles; Particles; Particulate matter; Prognosis; Proportional Hazards Models; Residence Characteristics - statistics & numerical data; Risk factors; Roads; Traffic; Vehicle emissions; United States; USA, Massachusetts; epidemiology; heart failure; follow-up studies; air pollution; survival

Background: Although patients with heart failure (HF) have been identified as particularly susceptible to the acute effects of air pollution, the effects of long-term exposure to air pollution on patients with this increasingly prevalent disease are largely unknown. Objective: This study was designe...