Health effects of acid aerosols on North American children: Respiratory symptoms

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 500-505

  Dockery, Douglas W ^a,b   Cunningham, Joan ^a   Damokosh, Andrew I ^a   Neas, Lucas M ^a,b   Spengler, John D ^a   Koutrakis, Petros ^a   Ware, James H ^a   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; Bronchitis; Children; Respiratory symptoms

Indexed keywords

ACID; SULFATE;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; EDUCATION; HOME; HUMAN; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

EID: 0029934583     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.96104500     Document Type: Article

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