Costs of childhood asthma due to traffic-related pollution in two California communities.

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Published in Eur Respir J on January 20, 2012

Authors

Sylvia J Brandt1, Laura Perez, Nino Künzli, Fred Lurmann, Rob McConnell

Author Affiliations

1: Resource Economics and Center for Public Policy and Administration 205 Stockbridge Hall, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA. Brandt@isenberg.umass.edu

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