Range-finding study of risk factors for childhood asthma development and national asthma prevalence

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 735-765

  Bukowski, John A ^a   Lewis, R Jeffrey ^a   Gamble, John F ^a   Wojcik, Nancy C ^a   Laumbach, Robert J ^b  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Attributable proportion; Childhood asthma; Environmental causes

Indexed keywords

ASTIGMATA; BLATTARIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

EID: 22344435883     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030290879925     Document Type: Review

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