Ambient pollution and respiratory outcomes among schoolchildren in Durban, South Africa

SAJCH South African Journal of Child Health

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 127-134

  Naidoo, Rajen Nithiseelan ^a   Robins, Thomas G ^b   Batterman, Stuart ^b   Mentz, Graciela ^b   Jack, Caron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway hyperreactivity; Ambient pollution; Asthma; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; METHACHOLINE; NITROGEN OXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIRWAY HYPERREACTIVITY; ALLERGY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHUS MUCUS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHRONIC PHLEGM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INTERVIEW; LUNG ATOPY; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NON INDUSTRIAL AREA; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TEST; SOUTH AFRICA; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 84889676299     PISSN: 19943032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAJCH.598     Document Type: Article

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