Does regular exercise protect against air pollution-associated mortality?

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 386-392

  Wong, Chit Ming ^a   Ou, Chun Quan ^a   Thach, Thuan Quoc ^a   Chau, Yuen Kwan ^a   Chan, King Pan ^a   Ho, Sai Yin ^a   Chung, Roger Y ^a   Lam, Tai Hing ^a   Hedley, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Exercise; Hong Kong; Mortality

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; DEATH; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34247590758     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2006.12.012     Document Type: Article

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