Cardio-respiratory morbidity and long-term exposure to particulate air pollution

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 327-335

  Solomon, Christine ^a,c   Poole, Jason ^a   Jarup, Lars ^b   Palmer, Keith ^a   Coggon, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Black Smoke; Bronchitis; Coronary heart disease

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREVALENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PREVALENCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 0345448830     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603120310001616100     Document Type: Article

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