Assessment of respiratory symptoms and asthma prevalence in a U.S.-Mexico border region

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 156-162

  Stephen, George A ^a,c   McRill, Cheryl ^a   Mack, Maura D ^b   O'Rourke, Mary Kay ^a   Flood, Timothy J ^b   Lebowitz, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Asthma; Hispanic; Smoking; Wheezing

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUTUMN; BODY TEMPERATURE; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; PARENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; WHEEZING;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ARIZONA; ASTHMA; CHILD; COUGH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; PARTICLE SIZE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0141781129     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/AEOH.58.3.156-162     Document Type: Article

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