Indoor air pollution aggravates symptoms of atopic dermatitis in children

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Kim, Eun Hye ^a   Kim, Soyeon ^a   Lee, Jung Hyun ^a   Kim, Jihyun ^a,b   Han, Youngshin ^b   Kim, Young Min ^b   Kim, Gyo Boong ^c   Jung, Kweon ^c   Cheong, Hae Kwan ^a   Ahn, Kangmo ^a,b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

^c Seoul Research Institute of Public Health and Environment   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLBENZENE; NITROGEN OXIDE; STYRENE; TOLUENE; XYLENE; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHILD; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ANIMALIA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84924975883     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119501     Document Type: Article

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