Bronchitis
Investigators from University of Texas Target Bronchitis
Published in Managed Care Weekly Digest, January 9th, 2012
2012 JAN 9 -- According to the authors of recent research published in the journal Environmental Research, "El Paso County (Texas) is prone to still air inversions and is one of the dust 'hot spots' in North America. In this context, we examined the sub-lethal effects of airborne dust and low wind events on human respiratory health (i.e., asthma and acute bronchitis) between 2000 and 2003, when 110 dust and 157 low wind events occurred."
"Because environmental conditions may not affect everyone the same, we explored the effects of dust and low wind within three age groups (children, adults, and the elderly), testing for effect modifications by sex...
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