All I need is the air that I breath: Outdoor air quality and asthma

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. A, 2004, Pages

  Graham, LeRoy M ^a  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CHEMICAL AGENT; LEAD; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; OZONE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; AMBIENT AIR; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH HAZARD; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFECTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OZONE LAYER; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TH2 CELL;

EID: 1342329521     PISSN: 15260542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1526-0542(04)90012-7     Document Type: Review

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