Association between traffic-related air pollution, subclinical inflammation and impaired glucose metabolism: results from the SALIA study.

BACKGROUND: Environmental and lifestyle factors regulate the expression and release of immune mediators. It has been hypothesised that ambient air pollution may be such an external factor and that the association between air pollution and impaired glucose metabolism may be attributable to inflammato...

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Main Authors: Tom Teichert, Mohammad Vossoughi, Andrea Vierkötter, Dorothea Sugiri, Tamara Schikowski, Thomas Schulte, Michael Roden, Christian Luckhaus, Christian Herder, Ursula Krämer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3858363?pdf=render