Indoor environmental risk factors and childhood asthma: A case-control study in a subtropical area

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 120-124

  Yang, Chun Yuh ^a   Tien, Yin Chun ^a   Hsieh, Hui Ju ^a   Kao, Wen Yao ^b   Lin, Meng Chiao ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asthma; Case control study; Epidemiology; Home dampness; Housing condition; Indoor environment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TAIWAN; TROPICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASTHMA; BREAST FEEDING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TAIWAN; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 0031852064     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(199808)26:2<120::AID-PPUL8>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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