Indoor black carbon and biomarkers of systemic inflammation and endothelial activation in COPD patients.

CONCLUSIONS: These results demonstrate exposure-response relationships between indoor BC with biomarkers of systemic inflammation in COPD patients, with stronger relationships in persons not using statins and with diabetes.
PMID: 29783085 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Environmental Research - May 18, 2018 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Garshick E, Grady ST, Hart JE, Coull BA, Schwartz JD, Laden F, Moy ML, Koutrakis P Tags: Environ Res Source Type: research