Air pollution exposure and lung function in highly exposed subjects in Beijing, China: A repeated-measure study

Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Baccarelli, Andrea A ^a   Zheng, Yinan ^b   Zhang, Xiao ^b   Chang, Dou ^c   Liu, Lei ^b   Wolf, Katherine R ^b   Zhang, Zhou ^b   McCracken, John P ^a   Díaz, Anaité ^d   Bertazzi, Pier A ^e   Schwartz, Joel ^a   Wang, Sheng ^f   Kang, Choong Min ^a   Koutrakis, Petros ^a   Hou, Lifang ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c China Institute of Industrial Health   (China)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^e FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^f PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

FEV1; FVC; Lung function; Metals; Particulate matter; Traffic exposure

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; CARBON; IRON; POTASSIUM; SILICON; SULFUR; TITANIUM; ZINC; EXHAUST GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADULT; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; OFFICE WORKER; PARTICULATE MATTER; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE; EXHAUST GAS; EXPOSURE; HEALTH; LUNG; LUNG DISEASE; OCCUPATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; STATISTICS; TOXICITY; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; SILICON; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TITANIUM; URBAN HEALTH; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 84907953490     PISSN: 17438977     EISSN: 17438977     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12989-014-0051-7     Document Type: Article

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