Air pollution effects on the respiratory health of the resident adult population in Turin, Italy

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 369-379

  Migliaretti, Giuseppe ^a   Dalmasso, Paola ^a   Gregori, Dario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Carbon monoxide; Case control; Emergency admission; Respiratory health; Sulfur dioxide; Total suspended particulate

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; ITALY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOLAR RADIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; URBAN POPULATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TORINO [PIEDMONT]; TURIN;

EID: 35048862258     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603120701628768     Document Type: Article

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