Respiratory Health Effects of Ultrafine Particles in Children: A Literature Review

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 227, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Heinzerling, Amy ^a   Hsu, Joy ^b   Yip, Fuyuen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Particulate matter; Respiratory health; Ultrafine

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; NITRIC OXIDE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; CHILD; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; EXHALED NITRIC OXIDES; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MULTIVARIATE MODELS; PARTICULATE MATTER; ULTRAFINE;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

NITRIC OXIDE;

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH IMPACT; LITERATURE REVIEW; NITRIC OXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY DISEASE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIRFLOW; AMBIENT AIR; ASTHMA; BIOACCUMULATION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH HAZARD; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SPIROMETRY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE; WHEEZING;

PYROGLYPHIDAE;

EID: 84951273639     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-015-2726-6     Document Type: Review

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