Fine and coarse particulate air pollution in relation to respiratory health in Sweden

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 924-934

  Willers, Saskia M ^a,b   Eriksson, Charlotta ^a   Gidhagen, Lars ^c   Nilsson, Mats E ^a,d   Pershagen, Göran ^a,e   Bellander, Tom ^a,e  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; CITIES; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PARTICULATE MATTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SWEDEN; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886499686     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00088212     Document Type: Article

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