Low levels of air pollution induce changes of lung function in a panel of schoolchildren

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1138-1143

  Moshammer, H ^a   Hutter, H P ^a   Hauck, H ^b   Neuberger, Manfred ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Lung function; Nitrogen dioxide; Particulate matter; Resistance; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSCILLATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SPIROMETRY; URBAN AREA; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; AUSTRIA; CHILD; DUST; FOLLOW UP; LUNG VOLUME; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; OSCILLOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; URBAN POPULATION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; AUSTRIA; CHILD; DUST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OSCILLOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUES; SPIROMETRY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33750709247     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.06.00089605     Document Type: Article

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