Aerosols: the environmental harmful effect.
Aerosols as end products of ambient indoor and outdoor pollution have some potential harmful effect. Children are especially at risk due to their developing organ systems. This is mainly true for the lungs, but may also be true for other organ systems, such as the immune system.
Wildhaber
Johannes H
JH
Division of Respiratory Medicine, University Children's Hospital, Steinwiesstrasse 75, CH-8032 Zürich, Switzerland. johannes.wildhaber@kispi.unizh.ch
D000336:Aerosols / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000397:Air Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*; D012307:Risk Factors
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