Respiratory changes due to long-term exposure to urban levels of air pollution: A histopathologic study in humans

Chest

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1312-1318

  Souza, Marcelo B ^a   Saldiva, Paulo H N ^a   Pope III, C Arden ^b   Capelozzi, Vera Luiza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Morphometry; Necropsy; Respiratory pathology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031902820     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.113.5.1312     Document Type: Article

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