Ambient air pollution, lung function and COPD: cross-sectional analysis from the WHO Study of AGEing and adult health wave 1

Background Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution leads to respiratory morbidity and mortality; however, the evidence of the effect on lung function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in older adult populations is inconsistent.Objective To address this knowledge gap, we investigat...

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Published in:	BMJ Open Respiratory Research
Main Authors:	Ying Zhang, Joel Negin, Patrick Kelly, Mona Elbarbary, Artem Oganesyan, Trenton Honda, Geoffrey Morgan, Yanfei Guo
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMJ Publishing Group 2020-12-01
Online Access:	https://bmjopenrespres.bmj.com/content/7/1/e000684.full