Respiratory Medicine
Volume 104, Issue 12 , Pages 1903-1911 , December 2010

Air pollution and children's respiratory symptoms in six cities of Northern China

  • Guowei Pan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Environmental Epidemiology, Liaoning Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 42-1 Jixian St, Heping Dis, Shenyang 110005, PR China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +86 24 8338 0014; fax: +86 24 2338 8218.
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  • Shujuan Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Environmental Epidemiology, Liaoning Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 42-1 Jixian St, Heping Dis, Shenyang 110005, PR China
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  • Yiping Feng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Environmental Epidemiology, Liaoning Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 42-1 Jixian St, Heping Dis, Shenyang 110005, PR China
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  • Ken Takahashi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Environmental Epidemiology, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan
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  • Jun Kagawa

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Hygiene and Public Health, School of Medicine, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Lianzheng Yu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Environmental Epidemiology, Liaoning Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 42-1 Jixian St, Heping Dis, Shenyang 110005, PR China
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  • Ping Wang

      Affiliations

    • Shenyang Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenyang, PR China
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  • Meijuan Liu

      Affiliations

    • Anshan Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Anshan, PR China
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  • Qinan Liu

      Affiliations

    • Dandong Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Dandong, PR China
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  • Shuwen Hou

      Affiliations

    • Benxi Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Benxi, PR China
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  • Bailing Pan

      Affiliations

    • Liaoyang Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Liaoyang, PR China
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  • Jianping Li

      Affiliations

    • Panjin Oil Field Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Panjin, PR China

Received 21 January 2010 ,Accepted 27 July 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2010.07.018

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 104, Issue 12 , Pages 1903-1911 , December 2010

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