Effect of environmental pollution on medical visits for respiratory infection in children from Mexico City;Efecto de la contaminacion ambiental sobre las consultas por infecciones respiratorias en ninos de la Ciudad de Mexico

Salud Publica de Mexico

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 513-522

  Téllez Rojo, Martha María ^a   Romieu, Isabelle ^b   Polo Peña, Marco ^c   Ruiz Velasco, Silvia ^d   Meneses González, Fernando ^a   Hernández Avila, Mauricio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b Ctro Panam de Ecologia Humana y S

^c INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Child; Environmental pollution; Mexico; Nitrogen dioxide; Ozone; Respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONSULTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FAMILY MEDICINE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICO; POLLUTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEXICO; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0031406717     PISSN: 00363634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-36341997000600004     Document Type: Article

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