Susceptibility Factors Relevant for the Association Between Long-Term Air Pollution Exposure and Incident Asthma

Current environmental health reports

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 23-39

  Burte, Emilie ^a,b   Nadif, Rachel ^a,b   Jacquemin, Bénédicte ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a UMR S 1168   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c Barcelona Biomedical Research Park   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^e CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Incident asthma; Long term exposure; Susceptibility factors

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOXICITY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 84988967722     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21965412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40572-016-0084-1     Document Type: Review

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