Open AccessAmbient Ozone Concentrations Cause Increased Hospitalizations for Asthma in Children: An 18-Year Study in Southern California
Author(s) -
Kelly L. Moore,
Romain Neugebauer,
Fred Lurmann,
Jane V. Hall,
Vic Brajer,
Sianna Alcorn,
Ira B. Tager
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.10497
Subject(s) - asthma , ozone , environmental health , medicine , environmental science , geography , immunology , meteorology
Asthma is the most important chronic disease of childhood. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has concluded that children with asthma continue to be susceptible to ozone-associated adverse effects on their disease.
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