Cardiologists' awareness of the effects of air pollution on cardiovascular disease in Vietnam and the Philippines - Descriptive evaluation

College

Gokongwei College of Engineering

Department/Unit

Center for Engineering and Sustainable Development Research

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Source Title

Proceedings - 4th International Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering, DeSE 2011

First Page

7

Last Page

12

Publication Date

12-1-2011

Abstract

The link between cardiovascular disease (CVD) and air pollution risk factors is not fully understood and has not been scientifically investigated in many developing Asian countries such as Vietnam and the Philippines. The aim of this paper is to investigate practising cardiologists' opinions and knowledge about air pollution exposure potentially triggering cardiovascular disease in those countries. The results of the study are of importance to not only avoid the burden of CVD in term of mortality and morbidity with all their ensuing costs, but also to understand physicians' evaluations of the environmental risk factors to CVD and to suggest measures to overcome any shortcomings. © 2011 IEEE.

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Digitial Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1109/DeSE.2011.40

Disciplines

Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering

Keywords

Cardiovascular system—Diseases; Air—Pollution—Physiological effect

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