title: Air pollution and family health.
abstract: Air pollution is classified according to chemical characteristics of the pollutants and sources: reducing air pollution, photochemical air pollution, point-source emission and indoor air pollution. The primary pollutants are particulates, oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, ozone, hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide and lead. A knowledge of the effects of these on healthy people and impaired patients can provide the physician with specific measures to apply in individual cases.
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects; D000397:Air Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005190:Family; D005192:Family Health; D006801:Humans; D010819:Physician's Role; D010821:Physicians, Family; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants