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http://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=
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Air Quality
Environmental Protection Agency
Air Quality Index
www.airnow.gov
Indoor Air Quality
www.epa.gov/iaq/
Smoke Free Homes
www.epa.gov/smokefree/
Environmental Health
MedlinePlus
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
airpollution.html
Heart Disease and Stroke
American Heart Association
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.
jhtml?identifier=4786
Lung Diseases
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/
lung/index.htm
American Lung Association
http://www.lungusa.org
Women' s Health Issues
National Research Center for Women and
Families
http://www.center4research.org/
U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services
http://www.4women.gov/
3 Muldon, S.B.; Cauley, J.A.; Kuller, L.H.; Morrow, L;
Needleman, H.L; Scott, J.; Hooper, F.J.; Effects of blood
levels on cognitive function of older women.
4 American Heart Association, http://www.americanheart.org/
presenter/jhtml?identifier=4419
5 Brook, R.D.; Franklin B.; Cascio W.; Hong, Y.; Howard G.;
Lipsett, M.; Luepker, R.; Mittleman, M.; Samet, J.; Smith Jr,
S.C.; and Tager, I., 2004. Air pollution and cardiovascular
disease. Circulation 109:2655-2671. http://circ.ahajournals.
org/cgi/content/full/109/21/2655
6 Zanobetti, A.; and Schwartz, J., 2007. Particulate air
pollution, progression, and survival after myocardial infarction.
Environmental Health Perspectives 115(5):769-774.
7 Miller, K.A.; Siscovick, D.S.; Sheppard, L; Shepherd,
K.; Sullivan, J.H.; Anderson, G.L; and Kaufman, J.D.,
2007. Long-term exposure to air pollution and incidence
of cardiovascular events in women. N Engl J of Med.
365(5):447-458.
8 Zanobetti, A. and Schwartz, J., 2002. Cardiovascular
damage by airborne particles: are diabetics are more
susceptible? Epidemiology 13(5): 588-592.
9 Barr, R.G.; Wentowski, C.C.; Grodstein, F.; Somers, S.C.;
Stampfer, M.J.; Schwartz, J.; Speizer, F.E.; and Camargo,
C.A. 2004. Perspective study of postmenopausal hormone
use and newly diagnosed asthma and chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease. Arch Intern Med. 164: 379 - 386.
10 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
http://www.4woman.gov/minority/americanindian/
diabetes.cfm.
11 National Poison Control Center Data, 1993-1998.
12 Dich, J.; Zahm, S.H.; Hanberg, A.; and Adami, H., 2004.
Pesticides and cancer. Cancer Causes & Control,8(3), 420-443.
13 Kamel, F. and Hoppin, J.A., 2004. Association of
pesticide exposure with neurologic dysfunction and disease.
Environmental Health Perspective, 112(9),950-958.
14 Nash, D.; Magder, L.S.; Sherwin, R.; Rubin, R.J.; and
Silbergeld, E.K., 2004. Bone density-related predictors of
blood lead level among pre- and postmenopausal women
in the United States. American Journal of Epidemiology,
160,901-911.
15 Carpenter, D.O., 2001. Effects of metals on the nervous
system of humans and animals. International Journal of
Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 14(3),
209-218.
1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
http://www.cdc.gov/DH DSP/announcements/american_
heart_month.htm
2 American Lung Association, http://www.lungusa.http://
www.lungusa.org/site/apps/s/content.asp?c=dvLUK9OOE&b
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Japanese translation of: Women and
Environmental Health
Publication Number EPA 100-F-l 1-003
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