Effects of air pollution on lung function and symptoms of asthma, rhinitis and eczema in primary school children

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 6455-6467

  Altuğ, Hicran ^a   Gaga, Eftade O ^a   Döğeroğlu, Tuncay ^a   Özden, Özlem ^a   Örnektekin, Sermin ^b,e   Brunekreef, Bert ^c   Meliefste, Kees ^c   Hoek, Gerard ^c   Van Doorn, Wim ^d  

^a ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d ROYAL HASKONINGDHV   (Netherlands)

^e ISTANBUL KULTUR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Ambient ozone; Children; ISAAC; Lung function; Summer

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH RISK; OZONE; SKIN DISORDER; SYMPTOM;

ESKISEHIR [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 84880782931     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-1674-1     Document Type: Article

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