Particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, and pulmonary function in never-smoking adults in Chongqing, China

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 14-19

  Wang, Binyan ^a,b   Peng, Zhonggui ^c   Zhang, Xiaobin ^b   Xu, Yu ^c   Wang, Hanjin ^c   Allen, George ^a   Wang, Lihua ^b   Xu, Xiping ^a,b,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^c Chongqing Institute of Environmental Science   (China)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Chongqing, China; Dusts; Particulate matter; Pulmonary function

Indexed keywords

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUST; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; URBAN POPULATION; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DUST; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SUBURBAN POPULATION; SULFUR DIOXIDE; URBAN POPULATION; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0032608926     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.1999.5.1.14     Document Type: Article

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