ArticleThorax2021
Chronic airflow obstruction and ambient particulate air pollution.
Article in Thorax, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Associations of the systemic immune-inflammation index and systemic inflammatory response index with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Spirometry parameters used to define small airways obstruction in population-based studies: systematic review.Respiratory research · 2022Pooled it
- Geographical variation in lung function: Results from the multicentric cross-sectional BOLD study.Pulmonology · 2025Article
- Bronchodilator responsiveness and future chronic airflow obstruction: a multinational longitudinal study.EClinicalMedicine · 2025Article
- Optimal spirometry thresholds for the prediction of chronic airflow obstruction: a multinational longitudinal study.ERJ open research · 2025Article
- Lung function and onset of cardiometabolic diseases in the longitudinal Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease study.BMJ open respiratory research · 2025Article
- Rapid FEVJournal of Korean medical science · 2023Article
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Abstract
Smoking is the most well-established cause of chronic airflow obstruction (CAO) but particulate air pollution and poverty have also been implicated. We regressed sex-specific prevalence of CAO from 41 Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease study sites against smoking prevalence from the same study, the gross national income per capita and the local annual mean level of ambient particulate matter (PM
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