Snoring in primary school children and domestic environment: A Perth school based study

Respiratory Research

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Zhang, Guicheng ^a   Spickett, Jeffery ^a   Rumchev, Krassi ^a   Lee, Andy H ^a   Stick, Stephen ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SNORING; WINTER; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL; STATISTICS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SNORING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 25444467165     PISSN: 1465993X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-5-19     Document Type: Article

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