Examining associations between childhood asthma and traffic flow using a geographic information system

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 761-767

  English, Paul ^a   Neutra, Raymond ^b   Scalf, Russell ^c   Sullivan, Moira ^a   Waller, Lance ^c   Zhu, Li ^c  

^a IMPACT ASSESSMENT INC   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control; Childhood asthma; Geographic information system; GIS; Medi Cal; Traffic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032869004     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.99107761     Document Type: Article

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