Ozone exposure and lung function: Effect modified by obesity and airways hyperresponsiveness in the VA normative aging study

Chest

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1890-1897

  Alexeeff, Stacey E ^a   Litonjua, Augusto A ^b   Suh, Helen ^a   Sparrow, David ^c   Vokonas, Pantel S ^c   Schwartz, Joel ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Airway hyperresponsiveness; FEV1; FVC; Lung function obesity; Ozone

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE; OZONE;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY HYPERRESPONSIVENESS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 37549023822     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-1126     Document Type: Article

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