Environmental risk factors and lung diseases in children: From guidelines to health effects

Early Human Development

Volumn 89, Issue SUPPL3, 2013, Pages

  La Grutta, Stefania ^a   Indinnimeo, Luciana ^b   di Coste, Annalisa ^b   Ferrante, Giuliana ^a,c   Landi, Massimo ^f   Pelosi, Umberto ^d   Rusconi, Franca ^e  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d S Barbara Hospital   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^f National Pediatric Primary Care System   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNGUS SPORE; HAY FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MOISTURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PASSIVE SMOKING; PEDIATRICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; VAPOR;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; LUNG DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; VENTILATION;

EID: 84887176266     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2013.07.025     Document Type: Article

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