Ultrafine particles from traffic emissions and children’s health (UPTECH) in Brisbane, Queensland (Australia): Study design and implementation

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1687-1702

  Ezz, Wafaa Nabil ^a   Mazaheri, Mandana ^b   Robinson, Paul ^a   Johnson, Graham R ^b   Clifford, Samuel ^b   He, Congrong ^b   Morawska, Lidia ^b   Marks, Guy B ^a,c  

^a WOOLCOCK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Children; Monitoring; Respiratory; Traffic; Ultrafine particles

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; LONG ACTING DRUG; NITRIC OXIDE; SALBUTAMOL; SHORT ACTING DRUG; AIR POLLUTANT; EXHAUST GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHILD HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; POLLUTION MONITORING; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PILOT STUDY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRICK TEST; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPIROMETER; SPIROMETRY; STUDY DESIGN; TRAFFIC; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; EXHAUST GAS; INFLAMMATION; METHODOLOGY; PROCEDURES; QUEENSLAND; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; TOXICITY;

AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; QUEENSLAND;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PILOT PROJECTS; QUEENSLAND; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84961290581     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120201687     Document Type: Article

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