Study protocol: The effects of air pollution exposure and chronic respiratory disease on pneumonia risk in urban Malawian adults - the Acute Infection of the Respiratory Tract Study (The AIR Study)

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Jary, Hannah ^a,c   Mallewa, Jane ^a   Nyirenda, Mulinda ^b   Faragher, Brian ^c   Heyderman, Robert ^a   Peterson, Ingrid ^a   Gordon, Stephen ^c   Mortimer, Kevin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Air pollution; Carbon monoxide; Chronic respiratory disease; Particulate matter; Pneumonia; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREATH ANALYSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HOME; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LUNG FUNCTION; MALAWIAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; PNEUMONIA; POLLUTION MONITORING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URBAN AREA; URINALYSIS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALAWI; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALAWI; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939547356     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12890-015-0090-3     Document Type: Article

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