Respiratory symptoms of primary school children living in a petrochemical polluted area in Taiwan

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 299-303

  Yang, Chun Yuh ^a   Wang, Jung Der ^b   Chan, Chang Chuan ^b   Hwang, Jing Shiang ^c   Chen, Pau Chung ^b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Asthma; Epidemiology; Petrochemical industry; Respiratory illness; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TAIWAN; WHEEZING;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PETROLEUM; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; TAIWAN;

EID: 0031744735     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(199805)25:5<299::AID-PPUL2>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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