Exposure to volatile organic compounds and loss of pulmonary function in the elderly

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1270-1276

  Yoon, H I ^a   Hong, Y C ^b   Cho, S H ^b   Kim, H ^c   Kim, Y H ^c   Sohn, J R ^d   Kwon, M ^e   Park, S H ^f   Cho, M H ^f   Cheong, H K ^g  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d Korea University   (South Korea)

^e Catholic Kwandong University   (South Korea)

^f Seowon University   (South Korea)

^g Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Elderly; Oxidative stress; Pulmonary function; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HIPPURIC ACID; MALONALDEHYDE; MANDELIC ACID; METHYLHIPPURIC ACID; MUCONIC ACID; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DETERIORATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLITE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH KOREA; SPIROMETRY; TEMPERATURE; URINALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEOXYGUANOSINE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIPPURATES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; XYLENES;

EID: 77954618190     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00153509     Document Type: Article

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