Investigators: Mieke Koehoorn, Paul Demers from Universtiy of British Columbia and AnneClair DeRoos from University of Washington

Some of the objectives for this study include:

1. To enumerate a cohort of adults in the Georgia Air Basin over the age of 45 using registration records in the BC Linked Health Database;
2. To assign acute and cumulative air quality exposures to all subjects. Exposure estimates are based on ambient air pollution measurements and individual estimates of traffic proximity and traffic-based exposure models;
3. To assess the relationship between these exposures and acute and non-acute Cardiovascular Disease outcomes and autoimmune disease exacerbation; to further investigate the relationship between air pollution and Cardiovascular Disease among age groups independent of predisposing conditions, and among high risk populations with comorbid conditions (e.g. diabetes, respiratory disease)

Presentations and Posters
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2008
Air Pollution, Noise & Adult Cardiovascular Disease presented by Paul Demers at the BC Lung Association's 5th Annual Air Quality and Health Workshop March 28, 2008 at the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre. Download presentation

2007
Investigation of Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease in a Population-Based Cohort by Cornel Lencar at the ISEE 2007 Conference in Mexico City, September 5-9, 2007. Download poster or download abstract

The Cardiovascular Cohort Definition of Outcomes, presented by Cornel Lencar at the BAQS Meeting in Semiahmoo, January 2007. Downolad presentation (pdf)