Fine particles are more strongly associated than coarse particles with acute respiratory health effects in schoolchildren

Epidemiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 6-10

  Schwartz, Joel ^a   Neas, Lucas M ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Cohort studies; Particulate matter; Pollution; Respiratory disorders

Indexed keywords

OZONE; SULFATE;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DUST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEPHELOMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; AIR POLLUTANTS; CANADA; CHILD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0033987240     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200001000-00004     Document Type: Article

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