Ecological associations between asthma prevalence and potential exposure to farming

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 938-941

  Elliott, L ^a,c   Yeatts, K ^a   Loomis, D ^a,b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Asthma; Childhood disease; Ecological study; Farming; Livestock

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BEEF CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HAY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LIVESTOCK; MALE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 10444242600     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.04.00006404     Document Type: Article

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