Health effects of indoor nitrogen dioxide and passive smoking on urban asthmatic children

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 618-624

  Kattan, Meyer ^a   Gergen, Peter J ^b   Eggleston, Peyton ^c   Visness, Cynthia M ^d   Mitchell, Herman E ^d  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Rho Federal Systems Division Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; nitrogen dioxide; passive smoking; pollution; tobacco smoke

Indexed keywords

COTININE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

AIR MONITORING; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; FLOW RATE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INTERVIEW; MORBIDITY; PALMES TUBE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TEST; SMOKING;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COTININE; HUMANS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34548304901     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2007.05.014     Document Type: Article

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