Air Pollution Impacts on Children: Why Young Children are More Susceptible to Air Pollution’s Effects?

Author(s):
Nursan CinarNursan Cinar1,*, Cemile DedeCemile Dede2
1Sakarya University, School of Health Sciences, Esentepe Campos, Sakarya, Turkey
2Vocational School of Health Sciences, Sakarya University, Esentepe Campos, Sakarya, Turkey
*Corresponding Author: Sakarya University, School of Health Sciences, Esentepe Campüs, 54187 Sakarya, Turkey, Tell: +26-4 295 66 21, Fax : +26-42956602, E-mail: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Health Scope:Vol. 1, issue 3; e93534
Published online:Nov 20, 2012
Article type:Letter
Received:May 13, 2019
Accepted:Jun 11, 2012
How to Cite:Cinar N, Dede C. Air Pollution Impacts on Children: Why Young Children are More Susceptible to Air Pollution’s Effects?. Health Scope. 2012;1(3):e93534. doi: https://doi.org/10.17795/jhealthscope-6637

Abstract

Health-threatening levels of air pollution are one of the most important problems of our century. Children are one of the easiest affected group from environmental deterioration and detrimental factors. Because they have biological and behavioral differences that the reason they are more affected on environmental factors (1).

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