Adverse health effects of outdoor air pollutants

Environment International

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 815-830

  Curtis, Luke ^a,b   Rea, William ^c   Smith Willis, Patricia ^c   Fenyves, Ervin ^c   Pan, Yaqin ^c  

^a Norwegian American Hospital   (United States)

^b St Christopher's Medical School   (United Kingdom)

^c Environmental Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Carbon monoxide (CO); Mold, pollen; Myocardial infarction; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE; IMMUNOLOGY; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; MOLDS; NEUROLOGY; NITROGEN OXIDES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ASTHMA; CARBON MONOXIDE (CO); MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OZONE (O3); PARTICULATES (PM10, PM2.5); POLLEN; STROKE;

AIR POLLUTION;

ACID; CARBON MONOXIDE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; LEAD; METAL; METHANE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE; PESTICIDE; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; RADIOISOTOPE; SOLVENT; SULFUR OXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EFFECT; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATOMIC BOMB; BIOMASS; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION; JAPAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOULD; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; REPRODUCTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VOLCANO; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33745350478     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2006.03.012     Document Type: Review

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