Susceptibility to air pollution in elderly males and females

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1018-1024

  Boezen, H M ^c   Vonk, J M ^c   van der Zee, S C ^a   Gerritsen, J ^d   Hoek, G ^b   Brunekreef, B ^b   Schouten, J P ^c   Postma, D S ^d  

^a MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Airway hyperresponsiveness; Elderly; Immunoglobulin E; Sex; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SMOKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; CAUSALITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 20444479390     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.05.00076104     Document Type: Article

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