Effects of outdoor and indoor air pollution on respiratory health of chinese children from 50 kindergartens

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 280-287

  Liu, Miao Miao ^a   Wang, Da ^a   Zhao, Yang ^a   Liu, Yu Qin ^a   Huang, Mei Meng ^a   Liu, Yang ^a   Sun, Jing ^a   Ren, Wan Hui ^b   Zhao, Ya Dong ^a   He, Qin Cheng ^a   Dong, Guang Hui ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shenyang Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Children; China; Respiratory diseases

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881581712     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20120175     Document Type: Article

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