Air pollution from truck traffic and lung function in children living near motorways

Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 298-303

  Brunekreef, Bert ^a   Janssen, Nicole A H ^a   De Hartog, Jeroen ^a   Harssema, Hendrik ^a   Knape, Mirjam ^a   Van Vliet, Patricia ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

air pollution; automobiles; black smoke; child; diesel; lung function; motorized traffic; nitrogen dioxide; trucks

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HIGHWAY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTORIZED TRANSPORT; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKE; TRAFFIC;

EID: 0030940385     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199705000-00012     Document Type: Article

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