Environmental pollution and lung effects in children

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 314-318

  Searing, Daniel A ^a   Rabinovitch, Nathan ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

asthma; children; lung; pollution

Indexed keywords

ARGINASE 1; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HISTAMINE; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SALBUTAMOL; TOBACCO SMOKE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

AGE; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; EXHAUST GAS; HELPER CELL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; CHILD; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958033749     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: 1531698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e3283461926     Document Type: Article

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