The effects of air pollution and climate change on pulmonary diseases;Der einfluss von luftverschmutzung und klimawandel auf lungenerkrankungen

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 133, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 733-736

  Rohde, Gernot ^a,b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Asthma; Climate change; COPD; Nitric oxide; Nitrogen dioxide; Ozone; Particulates; Pulmonary diseases; Sulphur dioxide

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGY; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; REVIEW; CLIMATE; DUST; GERMANY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY;

AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; CLIMATE; DUST; GERMANY; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MORBIDITY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 41249085157     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1067318     Document Type: Review

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