Health effects of acid aerosols on North American children: Air pollution exposures

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 492-499

  Spengler, John D ^a   Koutrakis, Petros ^a   Dockery, Douglas W ^a,b   Raizenne, Mark ^a,c   Speizer, Frank E ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid aerosols; Air pollution; Nitric acid; Ozone; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

ACID; AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITRIC ACID; NITROUS ACID; OZONE; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; HEALTH; MEASUREMENT; NORTH AMERICA; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029885482     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.96104492     Document Type: Article

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