Outdoor air pollution and asthma
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The effects of particulate matter, gaseous pollutants (ozone, nitrogen dioxide, and sulphur dioxide), and mixed traffic-related air pollution are discussed, focusing on clinical studies published in the previous 5 years.About:
This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2014-05-03 and is currently open access. It has received 1274 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Air pollution & Environmental exposure.read more
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Global, regional, and national deaths, prevalence, disability-adjusted life years, and years lived with disability for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
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