The association of ambient air pollution with airway inflammation in schoolchildren

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 175, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 764-774

  Chen, Bing Yu ^a   Chan, Chang Chuan ^a   Lee, Chung Te ^b   Cheng, Tsun Jen ^a   Huang, Wen Chuan ^c   Jhou, Ji Ci ^c   Han, Yueh Ying ^d   Chen, Chu Chih ^e   Guo, Yue Leon ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Child; Inflammation; Nasal lavage; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 8;

AERODYNAMICS; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EPIDEMIOLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; STUDENT;

AIR POLLUTANT; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT; MONOCYTE; NASAL LAVAGE; NEUTROPHIL; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TAIWAN;

AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; CHILD; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INHALATION EXPOSURE; INTERLEUKIN-8; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONOCYTES; NASAL LAVAGE FLUID; NEUTROPHILS; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS; TAIWAN;

TAIPEI; TAIWAN;

EID: 84859731685     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr380     Document Type: Article

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