USC research shows dogs and smog don't mix
... looked at the relationship between chronic cough, phlegm production or bronchitis and dog and cat ownership...ldren with dogs had significantly increased cough, phlegm production and bronchitis responses to the measured pollutants, including nitrogen dioxide, ozone, p...Cough and phlegm cause fourfold increase in COPD incidence
... lung function who later develop chronic cough and phlegm have a fourfold higher risk of developing chronic ...ates showed that the presence of chronic cough and phlegm among study participants was an independent and statistically significant predictor of COPD. Of the ...Smoking ban dramatically reduces air pollution in Irish pubs
...demonstrated significant improvements in cough and phlegm production. Moreover, sensory irritant symptoms improved in all subgroups after the ban, although the smoking workers benefited less. In an editorial on the research in the same issue of the journal, Fiona Godfrey, B.A., L.L.M. (Master of Laws), Eu...