Decline of ambient air pollution levels due to measures to control automobile emissions and effects on the prevalence of respiratory and allergic disorders among children in Japan

Environmental Research

Volumn 131, Issue , 2014, Pages 111-118

  Hasunuma, Hideki ^a,b   Ishimaru, Yasushi ^b   Yoda, Yoshiko ^a   Shima, Masayuki ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Center for Environmental Information Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Allergic disorder; Asthma; Automobile emissions; Health surveillance

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ALLERGY; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; AUTOMOBILE; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BOTTLE FEEDING; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SMOKING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WHEEZING;

JAPAN;

AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGIC DISORDER; ASTHMA; AUTOMOBILE EMISSIONS; HEALTH SURVEILLANCE;

AIR POLLUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; JAPAN; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84897945363     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.03.007     Document Type: Article

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