Childhood asthma hospitalizations and ambient air sulfur dioxide concentrations in Bronx County, New York

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 266-275

  Lin, Shao ^a   Hwang, Syni An ^a   Pantea, Cristian ^a   Kielb, Christine ^a   Fitzgerald, Edward ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient air pollutants; Asthma; Childhood asthma; Hospitalization; Sulfur dioxide

Indexed keywords

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; ODDS RATIO; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 25844509277     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/AEOH.59.5.266-275     Document Type: Article

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