Home warmth and health status of COPD patients

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 399-405

  Osman, Liesl M ^a,d   Ayres, Jon G ^a   Garden, Carole ^a   Reglitz, Karen ^a   Lyon, Janice ^b   Douglas, J Graham ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERDEEN CITY COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health status; Indoor environment; Monitoring elderly; Respiratory disease; Symptoms and COPD

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH STATUS; HEATING; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCLIMATE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 48149111532     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckn015     Document Type: Article

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