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An Association between Air Pollution and Mortality in Six U.S. Cities by Dockery, Douglas W, Pope, C. Arden, Xu, Xiping, Spengler, John D, Ware, James H, Fay, Martha E, Ferris, Benjamin G, Speizer, Frank E

“…Several cross-sectional investigations have found associations between mortality rates and particulate air pollution in U.S. metropolitan areas 1 – 3 . A…”
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Acute effects of summer air pollution on respiratory symptom reporting in children by Schwartz, J, Dockery, D W, Neas, L M, Wypij, D, Ware, J H, Spengler, J D, Koutrakis, P, Speizer, F E, Ferris, Jr, B G

“…A daily diary of respiratory symptoms was collected from the parents of 1,844 school children in six U.S. cities to study the association between ambient air…”
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A longitudinal study of the effects of parental smoking on pulmonary function in children 6-18 years by Wang, X, Wypij, D, Gold, D R, Speizer, F E, Ware, J H, Ferris, Jr, B G, Dockery, D W

“…The association between parental cigarette smoking and children's pulmonary function was investigated in 8,706 nonsmoking white children, followed annually by…”
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Association of indoor nitrogen dioxide with respiratory symptoms and pulmonary function in children by Neas, L M, Dockery, D W, Ware, J H, Spengler, J D, Speizer, F E, Ferris, Jr, B G

“…The effect of indoor nitrogen dioxide on the cumulative incidence of respiratory symptoms and pulmonary function level was studied in a cohort of 1,567 white…”
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Rock avalanche on 14 July 2014 from Hillary Ridge, Aoraki/Mount Cook, New Zealand by Cox, S. C., McSaveney, M. J., Spencer, J., Allen, S. K., Ashraf, S., Hancox, G. T., Sirguey, P., Salichon, J., Ferris, B. G.

“…A large rock avalanche fell from the slope below Hillary Ridge of Aoraki/Mount Cook at 21:32 (New Zealand Standard Time (NZST) = UTC + 12 h) on Monday 14 July…”
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Longitudinal and cross-sectional estimates of pulmonary function decline in never-smoking adults by Ware, J H, Dockery, D W, Louis, T A, Xu, X P, Ferris, Jr, B G, Speizer, F E

“…This paper describes methods for simultaneous cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis of repeated measurements obtained in cohort studies with regular…”
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Concentration of indoor particulate matter as a determinant of respiratory health in children by Neas, L M, Dockery, D W, Ware, J H, Spengler, J D, Ferris, Jr, B G, Speizer, F E

“…The effect of passive exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in the home on respiratory symptoms and pulmonary function level was studied in a cohort of white…”
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Pulmonary function between 6 and 18 years of age by Wang, X, Dockery, D W, Wypij, D, Fay, M E, Ferris, Jr, B G

“…Pulmonary function of children aged 6-18 years is described based on 82,462 annual measurements of forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expired volume in 1…”
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Gender- and race-specific effects of asthma and wheeze on level and growth of lung function in children in six U.S. cities by Gold, D R, Wypij, D, Wang, X, Speizer, F E, Pugh, M, Ware, J H, Ferris, Jr, B G, Dockery, D W

“…The gender-and race-specific effects of asthma/wheeze on pulmonary function level and annual growth velocity were studied in a cohort of 10,792 white and 944…”
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Decrements in spirometry values associated with chlorine gassing events and pulp mill work by Henneberger, P K, Lax, M B, Ferris, Jr, B G

“…In a previous study of older pulp and paper workers in Berlin, New Hampshire, decrements in spirometry results associated with accidental exposures to high…”
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Mortality among pulp and paper workers in Berlin, New Hampshire by Henneberger, P K, Ferris, B G, Monson, R R

“…Cause specific mortality was analysed among 883 white male workers from a paper company in Berlin, New Hampshire. Subjects were assigned to different exposure…”
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Sensitive subgroups and normal variation in pulmonary function response to air pollution episodes by Brunekreef, B, Kinney, P.L, Ware, J.H, Dockery, D, Speizer, F.E

“…The Clean Air Act requires that sensitive subgroups of exposed populations be protected from adverse health effects of air pollution exposure. Hence, data…”
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Indoor air pollution and pulmonary function growth in preadolescent children by Berkey, C S, Ware, J H, Dockery, D W, Ferris, Jr, B G, Speizer, F E

“…Results are reported from a study of the association between exposure to sidestream cigarette smoke or gas stove emissions and pulmonary function level and…”
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Pulmonary function among pulp and paper workers in Berlin, New Hampshire by Henneberger, P K, Eisen, E A, Ferris, B G

“…Pulmonary function was studied among pulp and paper workers from a production facility in New Hampshire. Subjects were first tested in the 1960s and then…”
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Respiratory symptoms and lung function in relation to passive smoking: a comparative study of American and French women by Kauffmann, F, Dockery, D W, Speizer, F E, Ferris, Jr, B G

“…Results are reported from a parallel analysis of the association of passive smoking with respiratory symptoms and lung function (FEV1, FVC and FEV1/FVC) in…”
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Adolescent height growth of US children by Berkey, C S, Wang, X, Dockery, D W, Ferris, Jr, B G

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Assessment of the Health Effects of Atmospheric Sulfur Oxides and Particulate Matter: Evidence from Observational Studies by Ware, James H., Thibodeau, Lawrence A., Speizer, Frank E., Colome, Steven, Ferris, Benjamin G.

“…Steadily rising energy costs have increased the need for reliable information on the health effects of atmospheric sulfur oxides and particulate matter…”
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Race and gender differences in respiratory illness prevalence and their relationship to environmental exposures in children 7 to 14 years of age by Gold, D R, Rotnitzky, A, Damokosh, A I, Ware, J H, Speizer, F E, Ferris, Jr, B G, Dockery, D W

“…Race and gender differences in respiratory illness prevalence rates were assessed in a cohort of 8,322 white children and 1,056 black children 7 to 14 yr of…”
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Effects of cigarette smoking on rate of loss of pulmonary function in adults: a longitudinal assessment by Xu, X, Dockery, D W, Ware, J H, Speizer, F E, Ferris, Jr, B G

“…Data from a random sample of 8,191 men and women selected in six U.S. cities and examined on three occasions over a 6-yr follow-up period were analyzed by…”
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Effects of Passive Smoking on Health of Children by Ferris, Benjamin G., Ware, James H., Berkey, Catherine S., Dockery, Douglas W., Spiro, Avron, Speizer, Frank E.

“…Analysis of data on the effects of passive smoking obtained in preadolescent children from the Harvard Six-Cities Study demonstrates an exposure-response…”
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