The SAPALDIA cohort investigates since 1991 the effects of life style and environment on the chronic diseases and aging in adults of the Swiss general population. The SAPALDIA study participants have been recruited from 8 areas of Switzerland which differ by culture, language, geography, micro-climate, socio-demography and environmental exposures. The aim of baseline examination ( S tudy on A ir P ollution A nd L ung D isease In A dults, SAPALDIA) in 1991 was to identify and quantify the long-term effect of
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