Outdoor air pollution and respiratory health in patients with COPD

Thorax

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 591-596

  Peacock, Janet L ^a   Ross Anderson, H ^b   Bremner, Stephen A ^c   Marston, Louise ^d   Seemungal, Terence A ^e   Strachan, David P ^b   Wedzicha, Jadwiga A ^e  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BLACK SMOKE; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE CONGESTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKE; SPRING; SPUTUM; SUMMER; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM; WHEEZING;

EID: 79959321052     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2010.155358     Document Type: Article

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