Effects of Ambient Air Pollutants on Asthma Medication Use and Wheezing among Fourth-Grade School Children from 12 Southern California Communities Enrolled in The Children's Health Study

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 505-514

  Millstein, Joshua ^a   Gilliland, Frank ^a   Berhane, Kiros ^a   Gauderman, W James ^a   McConnell, Rob ^a   Avol, Edward ^a   Rappaport, Edward B ^a   Peters, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Asthma; Children; Ozone; Particulate matter; Wheeze

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; FORMIC ACID; NITRIC ACID; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPRING; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; WHEEZING;

EID: 31144442724     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039890409605166     Document Type: Article

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