The impact of an urban environment on a child's lungs

Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 465-468

  Matsui, Elizabeth C ^a   Ahluwalia, Sharon K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

childhood asthma; indoor allergens; mouse allergen; nitrogen dioxide; ozone; particulate matter; urban environment

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXHAUST GAS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFESTATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; LUNG DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PASSIVE SMOKING; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; URBAN AREA;

EID: 80052640747     PISSN: 17476348     EISSN: 17476356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/ers.11.44     Document Type: Review

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