The influence of neighborhood traffic density on the respiratory health of elementary schoolchildren

Environment International

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 128-132

  Cakmak, Sabit ^a   Mahmud, Mamun ^a   Grgicak Mannion, Alice ^b   Dales, Robert E ^c  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Environment; Exhaled nitric oxide; Respiratory system; Spirometry; Traffic

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; DISEASES; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

AIRWAY INFLAMMATION; ANNUAL VOLUMES; EFFECT SIZE; ENVIRONMENT; EXHALED NITRIC OXIDE (ENO); INTER QUARTILE RANGES; LUNG FUNCTION; ODDS RATIOS; POSTAL CODE; RESPIRATORY ILLNESS; RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS; SPIROMETRY; TRAFFIC COUNTS; TRAFFIC DENSITIES; TRAFFIC MEASURES; TRAFFIC VOLUMES; TRAFFIC-RELATED AIR POLLUTION; VENTILATORY FUNCTIONS; WINDSOR;

NITRIC OXIDE;

NITRIC OXIDE;

ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; NEIGHBORHOOD; NITRIC OXIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CANADA; CHILD; COLD; EFFECT SIZE; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LUNG CONGESTION; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SPIROMETRY; THORAX DISEASE; TRAFFIC; WHEEZING;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; WINDSOR;

EID: 81255213886     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2011.10.006     Document Type: Article

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