Relationship between air pollution, lung function and asthma in adolescents

Thorax

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 957-963

  Islam, Talat ^a   Gauderman, W James ^a   Berhane, Kiros ^a   McConnell, Rob ^a   Avol, Ed ^a   Peters, John M ^a   Gilliland, Frank D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIROMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 36049033444     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2007.078964     Document Type: Article

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