Ambient polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and pulmonary function in children

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 295-302

  Padula, Amy M ^a   Balmes, John R ^b,c   Eisen, Ellen A ^b   Mann, Jennifer ^b   Noth, Elizabeth M ^b   Lurmann, Frederick W ^d   Pratt, Boriana ^b   Tager, Ira B ^b   Nadeau, Kari ^a   Hammond, S Katharine ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SONOMA TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

air pollution; asthma; California; children; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; pulmonary function

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; ASTHMA; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOXICITY; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW RATES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LINEAR MODELS; LUNG; MALE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 84928583325     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2014.42     Document Type: Article

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