Association of ambient air quality with children's lung function in urban and rural iran

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 222-230

  Asgari, Maryam M ^a   Dubois, Arthur ^a   Asgari, Manouchehr ^b   Gent, Janneane ^c   Beckett, William S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c JOHN B PIERCE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SPIROMETRY; URBAN AREA;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0031840662     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039899809605699     Document Type: Article

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