Exposure to outdoor air pollution and chronic bronchitis in adults: A case-control study

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 165-177

  Salameh, P ^a   Salame, J ^a   Khayat, G ^b   Akhdar, A ^a   Ziadeh, C ^a   Azizi, S ^a   Khoury, F ^a   Akiki, Z ^a   Nasser, Z ^a   Abou Abbass, L ^a   Saadeh, D ^a   Waked, M ^c  

^a LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BALAMAND   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Bronchitis; Case control studies; Chronic; Environmental; Indoor; Pollution

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PASSIVE SMOKING; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BRONCHITIS, CHRONIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LEBANON; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84866519015     PISSN: 20086520     EISSN: 20086814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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