Low level air pollution and exacerbation of existing COPD: A case crossover analysis

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  DeVries, Rebecca ^a   Kriebel, David ^a   Sama, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Case crossover; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Nitrogen dioxide; Particulate matter; Sulfur dioxide

Indexed keywords

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

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH RISK; MORBIDITY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEATHER; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMIDITY; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; TEMPERATURE;

MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ODDS RATIO; PARTICULATE MATTER; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84992199760     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12940-016-0179-z     Document Type: Article

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