Health Effects of Acid Aerosols on North American Children: Respiratory Symptoms
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Health effects of acid aerosols on North American children: respiratory symptoms.
We examined the respiratory health effects of exposure to acidic air pollution among 13,369 white children 8 to 12 years old from 24 communities in the United States and Canada between 1988 and 1991. Each child's parent or guardian completed a questionnaire. Air quality and meteorology were measured in each community for a 1-year period. We used a two-stage logistic regression model to analyze ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Perspectives
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0091-6765
DOI: 10.2307/3432990