Infant susceptibility of mortality to air pollution in Seoul, South Korea

Pediatrics

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 284-290

  Ha, Eun Hee ^a   Lee, Jong Tae ^a   Kim, Ho ^b   Hong, Yun Chul ^c   Lee, Bo Eun ^a   Park, Hye Sook ^a   Christiani, David C ^d  

^a Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Infant mortality; PM10 Seoul

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH KOREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; KOREA; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 0037317569     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.111.2.284     Document Type: Article

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