Association between acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and short-term exposure to ambient air pollutants in France

• Main Authors: Damien Basille (Author), Lola Soriot (Author), Florence Weppe (Author), Peggy Desmettres (Author), Paulo Henriques (Author), Nicolas Benoit (Author), Stéphanie Devaux (Author), Momar Diouf (Author), Vincent Jounieaux (Author), Claire Andrejak (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Ambient air pollution is recognized as a major risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) which is the third leading cause of death worldwide. We examined whether variations in daily outdoor air pollutants levels were associated with excess hospital emergency ro...