Who is affected more by air pollution-Sick or healthy? Some evidence from a health survey of schoolchildren living in the vicinity of a coal-fired power plant in Northern Israel

Health and Place

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 399-408

  Yogev Baggio, Tamar ^a   Bibi, Haim ^b   Dubnov, Jonathan ^a,c   Or Hen, Keren ^a   Carel, Rafael ^a   Portnov, Boris A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Children; Pulmonary function test

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHILD HEALTH; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STUDENT;

AGE; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY HEIGHT; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COAL MINING; COAL POWER; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; THORAX DISEASE;

ISRAEL;

EID: 73049097019     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2009.11.013     Document Type: Article

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