Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are at increased risk of death associated with urban particle air pollution: A case-crossover analysis

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 50-56

  Sunyer, Jordi ^a   Schwartz, Joel ^b,c   Tobías, Aurelio ^a   Macfarlane, Dave ^a   Garcia, Judith ^a   Antó, Josep M ^a  

^a INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Lung diseases, obstructive; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN;

EID: 0033928887     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010121     Document Type: Article

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