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Impacts of long-term air pollution and air temperature exposure on COPD and asthma incidence in the German National Cohort

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  • 1. ROR icon Helmholtz Zentrum München
  • 2. IUF-Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine
  • 3. Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Comprehensive Pneumology Center Munich, German Center for Lung Research
  • 4. Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology--BIPS
  • 5. Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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Conference presentation for International NAKO Conference 2026.

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