Article
Effects of Short-term Exposure to Ambient Airborne Pollutants on COPD-related Mortality Among the Elderly Residents of Chengdu City in Southwest China
2020-08-14
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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has become a severe global burden in terms of both health and the economy. Few studies, however, have thoroughly assessed the influence of air pollution on COPD-related mortality among elderly people in higher elevation areas. This study is the first to examine the association between short-term exposure to ambient airborne pollut...
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- Literature Corpus work
- edeb9135-86f2-5656-96bd-addd3304c53f
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-57370/v1
