Acute effects of particulate matter and black carbon from seasonal fires on peak expiratory flow of schoolchildren in the Brazilian Amazon

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Jacobson, Ludmilla Da Silva Viana ^a   Hacon, Sandra De Souza ^b   Castro, Hermano Albuquerque De ^b   Ignotti, Eliane ^c   Artaxo, Paulo ^d   Saldiva, Paulo Hilário Nascimento ^d   De Leon, Antonio Carlos Monteiro Ponce ^e  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DE MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANT; BRAZIL; CHILD; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRE; HUMAN; LUNG VENTILATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; TIME; TOXICITY;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANTS; BRAZIL; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRES; HUMANS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PULMONARY VENTILATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84905922550     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104177     Document Type: Article

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