Description

The mission of the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution (MESA Air) is to understand the relationship between air pollution exposures (especially fine particulate matter and traffic-related air pollutants) and progression of subclinical atherosclerosis and incidence of clinical cardiovascular disease over time.

Partners

UW Seattle, School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, School of Medicine and Department of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, College of Engineering and Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, College of Arts & Sciences and Department of Statistics, Department of Geography

Funders

US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2004-2014, 2017-2021, Health Effects Institute, National Institutes of Health National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)