Short-term effects of air pollution in a cohort of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 861-869

  Faustini, Annunziata ^a   Stafoggia, Massimo ^a   Cappai, Giovanna ^a   Forastiere, Francesco ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; ICD-9; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84867571642     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e31826767c2     Document Type: Article

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