Cardiovascular effects of sub-daily levels of ambient fine particles a systematic review.docVIP

Burgan et al. Environmental Health 2010, 9:26 /content/9/1/26 REVIEW Open Access Cardiovascular effects of sub-daily levels of Review ambient fine particles: a systematic review Omar Burgan1, Audrey Smargiassi*1,2, Stéphane Perron3 and Tom Kosatsky4 Abstract Background: While the effects of daily fine particulate exposure (PM) have been well reviewed, the epidemiological and physiological evidence of cardiovascular effects associated to sub-daily exposures has not. We performed a theoretical model-driven systematic non-meta-analytical literature review to document the association between P