Fine particulate matter and wheezing illnesses in the first year of life

Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 702-708

  Pino, Paulina ^a,b   Walter, Tomas ^b   Oyarzun, Manuel ^a   Villegas, Rodrigo ^a   Romieu, Isabelle ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CHILE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXHAUST GAS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SIBLING; SOCIOECONOMICS; WHEEZING;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BRONCHITIS; CHILE; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 15744397029     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000142153.28496.d0     Document Type: Article

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