Personal NO2 exposures of preschool children in Helsinki

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 79-100

  Alm, Sari ^a   Mukala, Kristiina ^a   Pasanen, Pertti ^b   Tiittanen, Pekka ^a   Ruuskanen, Juhani ^b   Tuomisto, Jouko ^a   Jantunen, Matti J ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Day care center; Electric stove; Gas stove; Nitrogen dioxide; Palmes tube; Personal exposure; Preschool children; Smoking

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FINLAND; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL MONITORING; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOKING; URBAN AREA; WINTER; CHILD; DAY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION; SEASON; URBAN POPULATION;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SEASONS; SUBURBAN POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031594567     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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