The association between air pollution and the incidence of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in Northern Italy

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Conti, Sara ^a   Harari, Sergio ^b   Caminati, Antonella ^b   Zanobetti, Antonella ^c   Schwartz, Joel D ^c   Bertazzi, Pietro A ^d   Cesana, Giancarlo ^a   Madotto, Fabiana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS MULTIMEDICA   (Italy)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACTUAL DATABASE; GEOGRAPHY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; SEASON;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OXYGEN; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

EID: 85043343628     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00397-2017     Document Type: Article

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