Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học 'Respiratory Research cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Long-term air pollution exposure and living close to busy roads are associated with COPD in women. | BioMed Central Respiratory Research Research Open Access Long-term air pollution exposure and living close to busy roads are associated with COPD in women Tamara Schikowski 1 Dorothea Sugiri1 Ulrich Ranft1 Ulrike Gehring2 3 4 Joachim Heinrich2 H-Erich Wichmann2 3 and Ursula Kramer1 Address 1Institut fur Umweltmedizinische Forschung IUF at the Heinrich-Heine-University of Dusseldorf Auf m Hennekamp50 40225 Dusseldorf Germany 2GSF - National Research Center for Environment and Health Institute of Epidemiology Ingolstadter Landstrasse 1 85764 Neuherberg Germany 3Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich Institute of Medical Data Management Biometrics and Epidemiology Chair of Epidemiology Geschwister-Scholl Platz 1 80539 Munich Germany and 4Utrecht University Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences . Box 80. 176 NL-3508 TD Utrecht The Netherlands Email Tamara Schikowski - Dorothea Sugiri - sugiri@ Ulrich Ranft - ranft@ Ulrike Gehring - Joachim Heinrich - H-Erich Wichmann - wichmann@ Ursula Kramer - kraemeru@ Corresponding author Published 22 December 2005 Received 22 September 2005 Accepted 22 December 2005 Respiratory Research 2005 6 152 doi 86 1465-9921-6-152 This article is available from http content 6 1 152 2005 Schikowski et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Lung function and exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD have been associated with short-term exposure to air pollution. However the effect of long-term exposure to particulate matter from industry and traffic on COPD as defined by lung .
