Synergistic effects of air pollution and personal smoking on adult pulmonary function

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 44-53

  Xu, Xiping ^a,b   Wang, Lihua ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031919634     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039899809605688     Document Type: Article

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