Environmental factors and hospitalisation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a rural county of England

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 324-328

  Sauerzapf, V ^a   Jones, A P ^a   Cross, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INFLUENZA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLEN; POLLUTION EFFECT; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RURAL AREA; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RURAL AREA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RURAL HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORFOLK [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 66149104543     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2008.077024     Document Type: Article

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