Association between lifetime ambient ozone exposure and pulmonary function in college freshmen - Results of a pilot study

Environmental Research

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 8-23

  Künzli, Nino ^a   Lurmann, Fred ^b   Segal, Mark ^c   Ngo, Long ^a   Balmes, John ^c   Tager, Ira B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SONOMA TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031036929     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1996.3687     Document Type: Article

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