Antioxidant supplementation and lung functions among children with asthma exposed to high levels of air pollutants

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 703-709

  Romieu, Isabelle ^a,b,c   Sienra Monge, Juan José ^a,b,c   Ramírez Aguilar, Matiana ^a,b,c   Téllez Rojo, Martha María ^a,b,c   Moreno Macías, Hortensia ^a,b,c   Reyes Ruiz, Norma Isabel ^a,b,c   Del Río Navarro, Blanca Estela ^a,b,c   Ruiz Navarro, María Xóchitl ^a,b,c   Hatch, Gary ^a,b,c   Slade, Ralph ^a,b,c   Hernández Avila, Mauricio ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MÉXICO FEDERICO GÓMEZ   (Mexico)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Antioxidants; Childhood asthma; Mexico

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; ASTHMA; CHILD; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0036724030     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.2112074     Document Type: Article

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