Did a ban on diesel-fuel reduce emergency respiratory admissions for children?

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 384, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 134-140

  El Zein, Abbas ^a   Nuwayhid, Iman ^b   El Fadel, Mutasem ^b   Mroueh, Salman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Children health; Diesel emissions; Mediterrenean region; Respiratory health

Indexed keywords

DIESEL FUELS; HEALTH HAZARDS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PULMONARY DISEASES;

CHILDREN HEALTH; DIESEL EMISSIONS; RESPIRATORY HEALTH;

AIR POLLUTION;

DIESEL FUEL;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHILD HEALTH; DIESEL ENGINE; EMISSION CONTROL; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFLUENZA; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PNEUMONIA; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASOLINE; HUMANS; LEBANON; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATIENT ADMISSION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

ASIA; BEIRUT; BEYROUTH; EURASIA; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 34548051050     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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