PM 2.5 - A killer in our midst

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 786-

  Bernstein, Aaron S ^b   Abelson, Herbert T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL FUEL; METAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PETROLEUM;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ASTHMA; CHILD HEALTH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMBUSTION; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

ABSENTEEISM; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; PARTICLE SIZE; PNEUMONIA; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

EID: 23744483571     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.159.8.786     Document Type: Editorial

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