Outdoor air pollution and children's respiratory symptoms in the steel cities of New South Wales

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 169, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 459-463

  Lewis, Peter R ^a,d   Hensley, Michael J ^a,e   Wlodarczyk, John ^a   Toneguzzi, Ruth C ^a   Westley Wise, Victoria J ^b   Dunn, Trevor ^b   Calvert, Dennis ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e Department of Medicine ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CITY; COUGHING; HEALTH; HEREDITY; HOME; HUMAN; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; PARTICLE SIZE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; WHEEZING;

EID: 0032476680     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1998.tb123366.x     Document Type: Article

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