Early childhood lower respiratory illness and air pollution

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1510-1518

  Hertz Picciotto, Irva ^a   Baker, Rebecca James ^b   Yap, Poh Sin ^a   Dostál, Miroslav ^c   Joad, Jesse P ^a   Lipsett, Michael ^d   Greenfield, Teri ^a   Herr, Caroline E W ^a,e   Beneš, Ivan ^f   Shumway, Robert H ^g   Pinkerton, Kent E ^g   Šrám, Radim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f Health Institute Usti nL   (Czech Republic)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Bronchitis; Children's health; Infant; PAHs; Particulate matter; PM2.5; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Respiratory illness; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ADULT; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHITIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SEASONS;

EID: 35449008127     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9617     Document Type: Article

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