Effects of air pollution on children's pulmonary health

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 40, 2011, Pages 7540-7545

  Tabaku, Afrim ^a   Bejtja, Gazmend ^a   Bala, Silvana ^b   Toci, Ervin ^a   Resuli, Jerina ^a  

^a Public Health Institute   (Albania)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CENTER MOTHER TERESA   (Albania)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Children; Particulate matter; Pulmonary function; Respiratory disease; Total suspended matter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865825309     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.07.033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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