Acute respiratory health effects of urban air pollutants in adults with different patterns of underlying respiratory disease

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 142, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Mehta, Amar J ^a,b,c   Schindler, Christian ^a,b   Perez, Laura ^a,b   Probst Hensch, Nicole ^a,b   Schwartz, Joel ^c,g   Brändli, Otto ^d   Karrer, Werner ^e   Tschopp, Jean Marie ^g   Rochat, Thierry ^f   Künzli, Nino ^a,b   Rochat, T ^g   Gaspoz, J M ^g   Kunzli N ^g   Probst Hensch, N M ^g   Schindler, C ^g   Ackermann Liebrich, U ^g   Barthelemy J C ^g   Berger, W ^g   Bettschart, R ^g   Bircher, A ^g   Bolognini, G ^g   Brandli O ^g   Brombach, C ^g   Brutsche, M ^g   Burdet, L ^g   Frey, M ^g   Frey, U ^g   Gerbase, M W ^g   Gold, D ^g   De Groot, E ^g   Karrer, W ^g   Keller, R ^g   Knopfli B ^g   Martin, B ^g   Miedinger, D ^g   Neu, U ^g   Nicod, L ^g   Pons, M ^g   Roche, F ^g   Rothe, T ^g   Russi, E ^g   Schmid Grendelmeyer, P ^g   Tamm, M ^g   Schmidt Trucksass A ^g   Turk, A ^g   Stolz, D ^g   Straehl, P ^g   Tschopp, J M ^g   Von Eckardstein, A ^g   Zellweger, J P ^g   Zemp Stutz, E ^g   Adam, M ^g   Boes, E ^g   Bridevaux, P O ^g   Carballo, D ^g   Corradi, E ^g   Curjuric, I ^g   Dratva, J ^g   Di Pasquale, A ^g   Grize, L ^g   Keidel, D ^g   Kriemler, S ^g   Kumar, A ^g   Imboden, M ^g   Maire, N ^g   Mehta, A J ^g   Meier, F ^g   Phuleria, H ^g   Schaffner, E ^g   Thun, G A ^g   Ineichen, A ^g   Ragettli, M ^g   Ritter, M ^g   Schikowski, T ^g   Stern, G ^g   Tarantino, M ^g   Tsai, M ^g   Wanner, M ^g   Brun, S ^g   Giger, G ^g   Sperisen, M ^g   Stahel, M ^g   Burli C ^g   Dahler, C ^g   Oertli, N ^g   Harreh, I ^g   Karrer, F ^g   Novicic, G ^g   Wyttenbacher, N ^g   Saner, A ^g   Senn, P ^g   Winzeler, R ^g   Bonfils, F ^g   Blicharz, B ^g   Landolt, C ^g   Rochat, J ^g   Boccia, S ^g   Gehrig, E ^g   Mandia, M T ^g   Solari, G ^g   Viscardi, B ^g   Bieri, A P ^g   Darioly, C ^g   Maire, M ^g   Ding, F ^g   Danieli, P ^g   Vonnez, A ^g   Bodmer, D ^g   Hochstrasser, E ^g   Kunz, R ^g   Meier, C ^g   Rakic, J ^g   Schafroth, U ^g   Walder, A ^g   Gabriel, C ^g   Gutknecht, R ^g   more..

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Zürcher Höhenklinik   (Switzerland)

^e Centre Valaisan de Pneumologie   (Switzerland)

^f GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Air pollution; Asthma; COPD; Disease susceptibility; Respiratory symptoms

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; SWITZERLAND; URBAN AREA; AIR POLLUTANT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EXPOSURE; HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS, CHRONIC; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84870396942     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2012.13681     Document Type: Article

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