Low-level ozone exposure and respiratory symptoms in infants

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 911-916

  Triche, Elizabeth W ^a   Gent, Janneane F ^a   Holford, Theodore R ^a   Belanger, Kathleen ^a   Bracken, Michael B ^a   Beckett, William S ^b   Naeher, Luke ^c   McSharry, Jean Ellen ^a   Leaderer, Brian P ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Difficulty breathing; Infant symptoms; Material asthma; Wheeze

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DELIVERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; WHEEZING;

COHORT STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OZONE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

EID: 33745048708     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8559     Document Type: Article

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