Acute effects of SO2 and particles from a power plant on respiratory symptoms of children, Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 906-914

  Aekplakorn, Wichai ^a   Loomis, Dana ^b   Vichit Vadakan, Nuntavarn ^c   Shy, Carl ^b   Plungchuchon, Sukanda ^c  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SYMPTOM; THAILAND; AIR POLLUTANT; BREATHING DISORDER; STATISTICAL MODEL; WEATHER;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POWER PLANTS; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; THAILAND; WEATHER;

EID: 1842633853     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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