Open AccessAssociation Between Long-term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Change in Quantitatively Assessed Emphysema and Lung Function
Author(s) -
Meng Wang,
Carrie P. Aaron,
Jaime Madrigano,
Eric A. Hoffman,
Elsa D. Angelini,
Jie Yang,
Andrew F. Laine,
Thomas Vetterli,
Patrick L. Kinney,
Paul D. Sampson,
Lianne E. Sheppard,
Adam A. Szpiro,
Sara D. Adar,
Kipruto Kirwa,
Benjamin M. Smith,
David J. Lederer,
Ana V. DiezRoux,
Sverre Vedal,
Joel D. Kaufman,
R. Graham Barr
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
jama
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688
H-Index - 680
eISSN - 1538-3598
pISSN - 0098-7484
DOI - 10.1001/jama.2019.10255
Subject(s) - medicine , spirometry , cohort , air pollution , hounsfield scale , copd , interquartile range , cohort study , air pollutants , surgery , asthma , computed tomography , chemistry , organic chemistry
While air pollutants at historical levels have been associated with cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, it is not known whether exposure to contemporary air pollutant concentrations is associated with progression of emphysema.
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