Ambient air pollution and overweight and obesity in school-aged children in Barcelona, Spain
Background: Ambient air pollution may increase the risk of overweight and obesity in children. However, available evidence is still scarce and has mainly focused on ambient air pollution exposure occurring at home without considering the school environment. The aim of this study is to assess whether...
Main Authors: | Jeroen de Bont, Maribel Casas, Jose Barrera-Gómez, Marta Cirach, Ioar Rivas, Damaskini Valvi, Mar Álvarez, Payam Dadvand, Jordi Sunyer, Martine Vrijheid |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-04-01
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Series: | Environment International |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412018321950 |
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