Impact of traffic related air pollution indicators on non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis mortality: A cohort analysis

Respiratory Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Goeminne, Pieter C ^a   Bijnens, Esmee ^b   Nemery, Ben ^c   Nawrot, Tim S ^b,c   Dupont, Lieven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Mortality; Non cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis; Pollution; Road; Traffic

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; EXHAUST GAS;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BRONCHIECTASIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NON CYSTIC FIBROSIS BRONCHIECTASIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; TRAFFIC; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EXHAUST GAS; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; TOXICITY;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; BRONCHIECTASIS; COHORT STUDIES; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84906885529     PISSN: 14659921     EISSN: 1465993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12931-014-0108-z     Document Type: Article

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