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The Fall 2007 issue of the UMDNJ Research Magazine features an article by Howard M. Kipen, MD, MPH, professor of environmental and occupational medicine, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and UMDNJ-School of Public Health; and David Q. Rich, ScD, assistant professor, Department of Epidemiology, UMDNJ-School of Public Health, entitled Triggering Cardiovascular Events by Air Pollution: Diabetic Susceptibility.
(Photo - left to right) David Q. Rich, ScD, assistant professor, Department of Epidemiology, UMDNJ-School of Public Health (SPH); Sampada Gandhi, MD, MPH, research teaching specialist, doctoral student in public health; Howard M. Kipen, MD, MPH, professor of environmental and occupational medicine, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and SPH; Jicheng Gong, doctoral student in public health
Triggering Cardiovascular Events by Air Pollution: Diabetic Susceptibility
by Howard M. Kipen and David Q. Rich
Diabetes is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the developed world, particularly aggravating atherosclerosis and increasing the risk for other acute cardiovascular conditions such as myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke. Of great concern is that Type II diabetes (adult onset) is increasing at alarming rates, particularly in the U.S., which is likely associated with concomitantly increasing rates of overweight and obesity.
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