The neurological effects of air pollution in children

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 535-537

  Sunyer, J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA SECRETASE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; MANGANESE; NITRIC OXIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AIR POLLUTION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN; BRAIN MATURATION; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; DIET; EDITORIAL; ENCEPHALITIS; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; INHALATION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY NERVE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFANT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AIR POLLUTION; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 58149386301     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00073708     Document Type: Editorial

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