Asthma prevalence and school-related hazardous air pollutants in the US-México border area
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Hazardous air pollutants and asthma.
Asthma has a high prevalence in the United States, and persons with asthma may be at added risk from the adverse effects of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs). Complex mixtures (fine particulate matter and tobacco smoke) have been associated with respiratory symptoms and hospital admissions for asthma. The toxic ingredients of these mixtures are HAPs, but whether ambient HAP exposures can induce a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Research
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0013-9351
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.11.057