Air pollution and pneumonia: The "old man" has a new "friend"

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-6

  Zanobetti, Antonella ^a   Woodhead, Mark ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ONTARIO; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 73849110245     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200909-1445ED     Document Type: Editorial

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