Respiratory symptoms following wildfire smoke exposure: Airway size as a susceptibility factor

Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 451-459

  Mirabelli, Maria C ^a,b,c   Künzli, Nino ^a,b,d   Avol, Edward ^e   Gilliland, Frank D ^e   Gauderman, W James ^e   McConnell, Rob ^e   Peters, John M ^e  

^a Barcelona Biomedical Research Park   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; COUGHING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXPOSURE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FIRE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ODOR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOKE; VITAL CAPACITY; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIRES; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW RATES; HUMANS; MALE; PHARYNX; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SMOKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651089760     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e31819d128d     Document Type: Article

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