Analysis of the association between air pollution and allergic diseases exposure from nearby sources of ambient air pollution within elementary school zones in four Korean cities

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 4831-4846

  Kim, H H ^a   Lee, C S ^a   Jeon, J M ^b   Yu, S D ^c   Lee, C W ^c   Park, J H ^a   Shin, D C ^a   Lim, Y W ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Suncheon Jeil College   (South Korea)

^c National Institute of Environmental Research   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Allergic diseases; Complex source; Elementary school; ISAAC; Traffic

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ALLERGY; ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SYMPTOM; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHILD; CITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL; SOUTH KOREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SCHOOLS;

KOREA;

EID: 84879694621     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-1358-2     Document Type: Article

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