Indoor air pollution and lung function growth among children in four Chinese cities

Indoor Air

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-11

  Roy, A ^a   Chapman, R S ^b,c   Hu, W ^d   Wei, F ^d   Liu, X ^b   Zhang, J ^a,b,e  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d Beijing Hong Kong and Singapore Associated Center for Nonlinear Physics and Complex Networks   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; China; Coal; House ventilation; Household solid fuels; Pulmonary function

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; HOUSES; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

AMBIENT AIR POLLUTION; CHILD; CHINA; CHINESE CITIES; HOUSE VENTILATION; HOUSEHOLD SOLID FUEL; LUNG FUNCTION; PULMONARY FUNCTION; SOLID FUELS; VENTILATION DEVICE;

COAL;

EID: 84855679273     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2011.00748.x     Document Type: Article

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