Lungs in a warming world: Climate change and respiratory health

Chest

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1455-1459

  Bernstein, Aaron S ^a,b   Rice, Mary B ^c  

^a Seattle   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN; OZONE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FIRE; FLOODING; FOREST; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; LUNG DISEASE; MEDICAL CARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NATURAL DISASTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOKING; SYMPTOM; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84877636790     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.12-2384     Document Type: Article

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