Climate, traffic-related air pollutants, and asthma prevalence in middle-school children in Taiwan

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1001-1006

  Guo, Yueliang Leon ^a   Lin, Ying Chu ^a   Sung, Fung Chang ^b   Huang, Song Lih ^c   Ko, Ying Chin ^d   Lai, Jim Shoung ^e   Su, Huey Jen ^a   Shaw, Cheng Kuang ^f   Lin, Ruey Shiung ^b   Dockery, Douglas W ^g  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Asthma; Children; Climate; Environmental exposure

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLIMATE; ECZEMA; EDUCATION; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASON; SYMPTOM; TAIWAN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033404041     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.991071001     Document Type: Article

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