Secondhand smoke, dietary fruit intake, road traffic exposures, and the prevalence of asthma: A cross-sectional study in young children

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 161, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 406-411

  Lewis, Sarah A ^a   Antoniak, M ^a   Venn, A J ^a   Davies, L ^b   Goodwin, A ^b   Salfield, N ^b   Britton, J ^a   Fogarty, A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Government Office for the East Midlands   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Diet; Public health; Tobacco smoke pollution; Vehicle emissions

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CHILD HEALTH; DIET; ROAD TRANSPORT; SMOKING; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOKE; TRAFFIC; WHEEZING;

ASTHMA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 14644416612     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwi059     Document Type: Article

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