Common household activities are associated with elevated particulate matter concentrations in bedrooms of inner-city Baltimore pre-school children

Environmental Research

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 148-155

  McCormack, Meredith C ^a,b   Breysse, Patrick N ^b   Hansel, Nadia N ^a,b   Matsui, Elizabeth C ^a,b   Tonorezos, Emily S ^a,b   Curtin Brosnan, Jean ^a,b   Williams, D'Ann L ^b   Buckley, Timothy J ^b,c   Eggleston, Peyton A ^a,b   Diette, Gregory B ^a,b,c  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Asthma; Particulate matter; Pediatric; Urban

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHILD HEALTH; INNER CITY AREA; MORBIDITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

BALTIMORE; MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38549152407     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2007.08.012     Document Type: Article

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