The effect of air pollution on lung development from 10 to 18 years of age

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 351, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1057-1067

  Gauderman, W James ^a   Avol, Edward ^a   Gilliland, Frank ^a   Vora, Hita ^a   Thomas, Duncan ^a   Berhane, Kiros ^a   McConnell, Rob ^a   Kuenzli, Nino ^a   Lurmann, Fred ^b   Rappaport, Edward ^a   Margolis, Helene ^c   Bates, David ^d   Peters, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Sonoma Technology   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; UNITED STATES; VAPOR;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LUNG; MALE; MAXIMAL MIDEXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICLE SIZE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 4444367099     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa040610     Document Type: Article

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