Traffic-related air pollutants and exhaled markers of airway inflammation and oxidative stress in New York City adolescents

Environmental Research

Volumn 121, Issue , 2013, Pages 71-78

  Patel, Molini M ^a   Chillrud, Steven N ^b   Deepti, K C ^c   Ross, James M ^b   Kinney, Patrick L ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c West Harlem Environmental Action   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Exhaled breath condensate; Inflammation; Oxidative stress; Traffic

Indexed keywords

8 ISOPROSTANE; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; BLACK CARBON; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

ADOLESCENCE; ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMARKER; BLACK CARBON; CHILD HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXHAUST EMISSION; MORBIDITY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OXIDATION; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; EXHALATION; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; TRAFFIC; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREATH TESTS; DINOPROST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOOT; URBAN POPULATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873998600     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2012.10.012     Document Type: Article

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