Personal exposures to particles and their relationships with personal activities for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients living in Boston

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 207-217

  Rojas Bracho, Leonora ^a   Suh, Helen H ^a   Catalano, Paul J ^a   Koutrakis, Petros ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PULMONARY DISEASES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

HOME AIR EXCHANGE RATES; PARTICULATE MATTER (PM);

AIR POLLUTION;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0942298045     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2004.10470897     Document Type: Article

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