Acute respiratory diseases and carboxyhemoglobin status in school children of Quito, Ecuador

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 607-611

  Estrella, Bertha ^a,b   Estrella, Ramiro ^b,c   Oviedo, Jorge ^d   Narváez, Ximena ^c   Reyes, María T ^c   Gutiérrez, Miguel ^c   Naumova, Elena N ^e  

^a Corporación Ecuatoriana de Biotecnología ^*  (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^c Hospital de Ninos Baca Ortiz   (Ecuador)

^d Fundacion Natura   (Ecuador)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory infections; Carbon monoxide exposure; Carboxyhemoglobin; Children; Ecuador; Traffic related pollution

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

ACUTE DISEASE; AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; CHILD; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; URBAN POPULATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 19044365669     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.7494     Document Type: Article

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