Household wood and charcoal smoke increases risk of otitis media in childhood in Maputo

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 573-578

  da Costa, João Leopoldo ^a,d   Navarro, Albert ^b,d   Neves, José Branco ^c   Martin, Miguel ^b,d  

^a Faculdad de Medicina UEM   (Mozambique)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c ENT CHM   (Mozambique)

^d GRAAL   (France)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Case control studies; Eustachian tube; Otitis media; Overcrowding; Tobacco smoke pollution; Wood smoke pollution

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; TOBACCO SMOKE;

BREASTFEEDING; CHILD HEALTH; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKE;

AGE; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY TUBE DYSFUNCTION; BREAST FEEDING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OTITIS MEDIA; PARENT; POLLUTANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKE; WOOD;

BREAST FEEDING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHARCOAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; OTITIS MEDIA; RISK FACTORS; SMOKE; WOOD;

AFRICA; MAPUTO; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 3242886789     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyh071     Document Type: Article

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