Traffic related air pollution as a determinant of asthma among Taiwanese school children

Thorax

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 467-473

  Hwang, B F ^b,c   Lee, Y L ^c,d   Lin, Y C ^e   Jaakkola, J J K ^f   Guo, Y L ^a,c,d  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b DIWAN COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; AIR MONITOR; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIWAN; TRAFFIC;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NITROGEN OXIDES; ODDS RATIO; OZONE; RISK FACTORS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TAIWAN; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 20444495386     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2004.033977     Document Type: Article

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