Long-term exposure to outdoor air pollution and the incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a national English cohort

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 42-48

  Atkinson, R W ^a   Carey, I M ^a   Kent, A J ^b   Van Staa, T P ^c,d   Anderson, H R ^a,e   Cook, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b RICARDO UK LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; ANACARDIC ACID; OZOCARDIC A; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISPERSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICLE SIZE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; TOXICITY; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ANACARDIC ACIDS; COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK FACTORS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84919448245     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2014-102266     Document Type: Article

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