Housing and respiratory health at older ages

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 280-285

  Webb, E ^a,b   Blane, D ^a,b   De Vries, Robert ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL FUEL;

AGING POPULATION; COLD AIR; ENERGY POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEALTH RISK; HOUSING CONDITIONS; HOUSING POLICY; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY DISEASE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COLD; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; VITAL CAPACITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLD TEMPERATURE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FOSSIL FUELS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOUSING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SOCIAL CLASS; VITAL CAPACITY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84875080072     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2012-201458     Document Type: Article

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