Air pollution and acute respiratory response in a panel of asthmatic children along the U.S.-Mexico Border

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 437-444

  Sarnat, Stefanie Ebelt ^a   Raysoni, Amit U ^a   Li, Wen Whai ^b   Holguin, Fernando ^c   Johnson, Brent A ^a   Luevano, Silvia Flores ^d   Garcia, Jose Humberto ^e   Sarnat, Jeremy A ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Texas at El Paso   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^e SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Asthma; Children; Exposure assessment; Fine particulate matter; Nitrogen dioxide; Ozone

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CITIES; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MEXICO; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SOOT; TEXAS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84863229254     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1003169     Document Type: Article

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