Air pollution and exacerbation of asthma in African-American children in Los Angeles

Epidemiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 200-208

  Ostro, Bart ^a   Lipsett, Michael ^a,b   Mann, Jennifer ^a   Braxton Owens, Hazel ^c   White, Mary ^d  

^a California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Asthma; Children; Environmental exposure; Fungi; Particulate matter; Pollens; Race

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

ADOLESCENT; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FUNGUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; OZONE;

EID: 0035113383     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200103000-00012     Document Type: Article

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