Ambient levels of air pollution induce clinical worsening of blepharitis

Environmental Research

Volumn 112, Issue , 2012, Pages 199-203

  Malerbi, Fernando Korn ^a,b   Martins, Lourdes Conceição ^b,c   Saldiva, Paulo Hilário Nascimento ^b   Braga, Alfésio Luís Ferreira ^b,c  

^a HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF SANTOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Blepharitis; Carbon monoxide; Environmental health; Meibomian glands

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISEASE INCIDENCE; EYE DISEASE; HEALTH IMPACT; NITROGEN OXIDES; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; RESIDENT POPULATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BLEPHARITIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISEASE SEVERITY; EYELID; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BLEPHARITIS; BRAZIL; CARBON MONOXIDE; CITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URBAN POPULATION;

MEIBOMIA;

EID: 84856224397     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.11.010     Document Type: Article

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