Relationship between distance of schools from the nearest municipal waste incineration plant and child health in Japan

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1023-1029

  Miyake, Y ^a,c   Yura, A ^a   Misaki, H ^b   Ikeda, Y ^a   Usui, T ^b   Iki, M ^a   Shimizu, T ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NARA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Headache; Incineration; Japanese children; Stomach ache; Wheeze

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FATIGUE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCINERATION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SOCIAL STATUS; STOMACH PAIN; WHEEZING;

AGE FACTORS; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INCINERATION; JAPAN; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 28644447877     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-005-4116-7     Document Type: Article

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