Effects of ambient ozone exposure on mail carriers' peak expiratory flow rates

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 735-738

  Chan, Chang Chuan ^a   Wu, Tsung Huan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Deviation; Lung function; Mail carrier; Ozone exposure; Peak expiratory flow rate

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

ADULT; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OZONE LAYER; PARTICULATE MATTER; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OZONE; PARTICLE SIZE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; POSTAL SERVICE; TAIWAN;

EID: 20844448583     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.7636     Document Type: Article

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