Annual Ambient Black Carbon Associated with Shorter Telomeres in Elderly Men: Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study - McCracken, John; Baccarelli, Andrea; Hoxha, Mirjam; Dioni, Laura; Melly, Steve; Coull, Brent; Suh, Helen; Vokonas, Pantel; Schwartz, Joel (Environmental health perspectives, 2010)
Keywords: Aged; Aged patients; Aged, 80 and over; Aging; Air; Air Pollutants - analysis; Air pollution; Air Pollution - statistics & numerical data; Biological and medical sciences; Biomarkers - chemistry; Black carbon; Body mass index; Cardiovascular diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology; Care and treatment; Coronary artery disease; Environment. Living conditions; Environmental health; Environmental Monitoring - methods; Environmental pollutants toxicology; Epidemiological Monitoring; Health aspects; Health risks; Humans; Inflammation; Inhalation Exposure - analysis; Inhalation Exposure - statistics & numerical data; Leukocytes; Linear Models; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Older people; Oxidative stress; Physiological aspects; Polymerase chain reaction; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Risk Factors; Soot - analysis; Telomere - genetics; Telomeres; Toxicology; Traffic estimation; Veterans - statistics & numerical data; United States; North America; America; Senescence; epigenetic process; Toxicity; Traffic; Male; cardiovascular physiology; Telomere; Particle; Health and environment; vehicle emissions; Adult; Exhaust gas; Physiology; Veteran; particles; Public health; Human; Health system; biological aging; Health insurance; Carbon black; Ageing; environmental exposure; Epigenetics; Environment; Air pollution; Circulatory system; Elderly