Air pollution and bronchitic symptoms in Southern California children with asthma.

People who live in cities with dirty air have blacker lungs than people who live in rural areas with less air pollution. This is because, although particulates larger than 10 microm are filtered out when inhaled air passes through the nose, smaller particulates reach the lower airways. The particula...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Etzel, R A
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: 1999
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1566463/