Air pollution and respiratory health in patients with COPD: should we focus on indoor or outdoor sources?
Indoor-generated and outdoor-generated pollution can deteriorate COPD patients' health. Policy-makers, physicians and patients with COPD should note the importance of decreasing exposure equally to both source types to decrease risk of exacerbation.
Authors
- R. L. Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6761-3966)
- Heather Walton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9252-3962)
- Benjamin Barratt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5983-0426)
- Jennifer Kathleen Quint (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0149-4869)
- Lia Chatzidiakou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8753-1386)
- Klea Katsouyanni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0132-9575)
- Dimitris Evangelopoulos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1071-6892)
- Hanbin Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2228-7981)
Institutions
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR)
- University of Exeter (GB)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
- MRC Centre for Environment and Health
- Imperial College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Thorax
- Published
- 2024-10-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/thorax-2024-221874
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.89
Funders
- Imperial College London
- Medical Research Council