Diesel exhaust exposure among adolescents in Harlem: A community-driven study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 998-1002

  Northridge, Mary E ^a,b,e   Yankura, Joanne ^a   Kinney, Patrick L ^b   Santella, Regina M ^b   Shepard, Peggy ^c   Riojas, Ynolde ^b   Aggarwal, Maneesha ^b   Strickland, Paul ^d  

^a Harlem Ctr Hlth Prom Dis Prev   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c West Harlem Environmental Action   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Ctr Environ Hlth in N Manhattan   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 HYDROXYPYRENE; COTININE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0033366729     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.89.7.998     Document Type: Review

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