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Particulate Matter Exposure and Cardiopulmonary Differences in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis Carrie P. Aaron,1* Yana Chervona,1,2* Steven M. Kawut,3 Ana V. Diez Roux,4 Mingwu Shen,4 David A. Bluemke,5 Victor C. Van Hee,6,7,8 Joel D. Kaufman,6,7,8 and R. Graham Barr 1,9 1Department
of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA; 2Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University, New York, New York, USA; 3Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; 4Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; 5Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, USA; 6Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, 7Department of Medicine, and 8Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA; 9Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
Background: Particulate matter (PM) exposure may directly affect the pulmonary vasculature. Although the pulmonary vasculature is not easily measurable, differential associations for right ventricular (RV) and left ventricular (LV) mass may provide an indirect assessment of pulmonary vascular damage. Objectives: We tested whether long-term exposure to PM
A Section 508–conformant HTML version of this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1409451.
Particulate Matter Exposure and Cardiopulmonary Differences in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis Carrie P. Aaron,1* Yana Chervona,1,2* Steven M. Kawut,3 Ana V. Diez Roux,4 Mingwu Shen,4 David A. Bluemke,5 Victor C. Van Hee,6,7,8 Joel D. Kaufman,6,7,8 and R. Graham Barr 1,9 1Department
of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA; 2Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University, New York, New York, USA; 3Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; 4Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; 5Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, USA; 6Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, 7Department of Medicine, and 8Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA; 9Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
Background: Particulate matter (PM) exposure may directly affect the pulmonary vasculature. Although the pulmonary vasculature is not easily measurable, differential associations for right ventricular (RV) and left ventricular (LV) mass may provide an indirect assessment of pulmonary vascular damage. Objectives: We tested whether long-term exposure to PM
