Acute respiratory health effects of air pollution on children with asthma in US inner cities

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  O'Connor, George T ^a   Neas, Lucas ^b   Vaughn, Benjamin ^c   Kattan, Meyer ^d   Mitchell, Herman ^b   Crain, Ellen F ^e   Evans III, Richard ^f   Gruchalla, Rebecca ^g   Morgan, Wayne ^h   Stout, James ⁱ   Adams, G Kenneth ^j   Lippmann, Morton ^k  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c Rho Federal Systems Division Inc   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^k NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

asthma in children; carbon monoxide; fine particle emissions; Nitrogen dioxide; ozone; sulfur dioxide

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

EID: 42749088000     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.02.020     Document Type: Article

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