The indoor air and children's health study: Methods and incidence rates

Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 166-174

  Marbury, Marian C ^a   Maldonado, George ^b   Waller, Lance ^c  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Box 807 Mayo   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

environmental exposure; epidemiologic methods; indoor air pollution; prospective studies; respiratory tract infections; tobacco smoke pollution

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHITIS; CROUP; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; WHEEZING;

EID: 0030027181     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199603000-00011     Document Type: Article

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