Chronic airflow obstruction and ambient particulate air pollution

Smoking is the most well-established cause of chronic airflow obstruction (CAO) but particulate air pollution and poverty have also been implicated. We regressed sex-specific prevalence of CAO from 41 Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease study sites against smoking prevalence from the same study, the...

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Main Authors: Amaral, AFS, Burney, PGJ, Patel, J, Minelli, C, Mejza, F, Mannino, DM, Seemungal, TAR, Mahesh, PA, Lo, LC, Janson, C, Juvekar, S, Denguezli, M, Harrabi, I, Wouters, EFM, Cherkaski, H, Mortimer, K, Jogi, R, Bateman, ED, Fuertes, E, Al Ghobain, M, Tan, W, Obaseki, DO, El Sony, A, Studnicka, M, Aquart-Stewart, A, Koul, P, Lawin, H, Nafees, AA, Awopeju, O, Erhabor, GE, Gislason, T, Welte, T, Gulsvik, A, Nielsen, R, Gnatiuc, L, Kocabas, A, Marks, GB, Sooronbaev, T, Mbatchou Ngahane, BH, Barbara, C, Buist, AS
Other Authors: The BOLD (Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease) Collaborative Research Group
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: BMJ 2021