Acute health effects of exposure to high levels of air pollution in eastern Europe

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 570-581

  Peters, Annette ^a   Goldstein, Inge F ^b   Beyer, Ulrich ^a   Franke, Käthe ^a   Heinrich, Joachim ^a   Dockery, Douglas W ^c   Spengler, John D ^c   Wichmann, H Erich ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Teachers College   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

acid aerosols; air pollution; asthma; child; peak expiratory flow rate

Indexed keywords

SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROSOL; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CZECH REPUBLIC; EASTERN EUROPE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; RISK FACTOR; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEATHER; WINTER;

EID: 0029812732     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008967     Document Type: Article

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