Acute effects of outdoor air pollution on forced expiratory volume in 1 s: A panel study of schoolchildren with asthma

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 316-323

  Dales, R ^a,b,c   Chen, L ^c   Frescura, A M ^d   Liu, L ^c   Villeneuve, P J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c Environmental Health Sciences Bureau   (Canada)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Children; Environment; Lung function

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; URBAN AREA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; CHILD; CITIES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 69249141886     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00138908     Document Type: Article

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