Levels of pollutants in indoor air and respiratory health in preschool children: A systematic review

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 231-243

  Fuentes Leonarte, Virginia ^a,d   Tenías, José M ^b   Ballester, Ferran ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL LA MANCHA CENTRO   (Spain)

^c Generalitat Valenciana   (Spain)

^d NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; Indoor air pollution; Preschool children; Public health; Respiratory diseases; Respiratory symptoms

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ASTHMA; COUGHING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WHEEZING;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CAUSALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG DISEASES; NITRIC OXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 66749104419     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20965     Document Type: Review

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