Air pollution and lung function in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1349-1358

  Götschi, Thomas ^a   Sunyer, Jordi ^b,c,d   Chinn, Susan ^e   De Marco, Roberto ^f   Forsberg, Bertil ^g   Gauderman, James W ^a   Garcia Esteban, Raquel ^b,d   Heinrich, Joachim ^h   Jacquemin, Bénédicte ^b,d   Jarvis, Deborah ^e   Ponzio, Michela ⁱ   Villani, Simona ⁱ   Künzli, Nino ^a,b,d,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^e NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^g UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^j INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Adults; FEV1; FVC; Longitudinal; Multilevel; PM2.5

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH SURVEY; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; URBAN POLLUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EUROPE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SMOKING; URBAN POPULATION; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 57349097584     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn136     Document Type: Article

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