Gaseous Air Pollutants and Asthma Hospitalization of Children with Low Household Income in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 294-303

  Lin, Mei ^a   Chen, Yue ^a   Villeneuve, Paul J ^b   Burnett, Richard T ^a,c   Lemyre, Louise ^a   Hertzman, Clyde ^d   McGrail, Kimberlyn M ^d   Krewski, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Asthma; Child; Hospitalization; Social class

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHILD HEALTH; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANADA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; WEATHER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; OXIDES; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION; WEATHER;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER;

EID: 0942301319     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwh043     Document Type: Article

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