Effects of ambient air pollution on respiratory tract complaints and airway inflammation in primary school children

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 479-480, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 201-209

  Altuǧ, Hicran ^a   Gaga, Eftade O ^a   Döǧeroǧlu, Tuncay ^a   Brunekreef, Bert ^b   Hoek, Gerard ^b   Van Doorn, Wim ^c  

^a ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL HASKONINGDHV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ambient ozone; Complaints of throat; Fractional exhaled nitric oxide; Having cold; Runny nose; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; HEALTH; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SURVEYS;

AMBIENT OZONES; COMPLAINTS OF THROAT; EXHALED NITRIC OXIDES; HAVING COLD; RUNNY NOSE; SPIROMETRY;

AIR POLLUTION;

NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH RISK; NITRIC OXIDE; OZONE; POLLUTION EFFECT; PRIMARY EDUCATION; RESPIRATORY DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMON COLD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OZONE LAYER; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; RHINORRHEA; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SPIROMETRY; SUBURBAN AREA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ESKISEHIR [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

AMBIENT OZONE; COMPLAINTS OF THROAT; FRACTIONAL EXHALED NITRIC OXIDE; HAVING COLD; RUNNY NOSE; SPIROMETRY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SCHOOLS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TURKEY; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84896695619     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.01.127     Document Type: Article

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