Association of the Exposure to Residential Levels of NO2 and Asthma among New York City Head Start Children

Chapter 1. Background: Asthma is the most common chronic childhood disease and is characterized by recurrent airway obstruction, bronchial hyper-responsiveness, and airway inflammation. Asthma is the leading cause of childhood hospitalization and school absenteeism in the United States. The associat...

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Main Author: Meyers, Andrea
Language:English
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.7916/D8X06HQ9