Association between reported exposure to road traffic and respiratory symptoms in children: Evidence of bias

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 779-786

  Kuehni, Claudia E ^a,b,c   Strippoli, Marie Pierre F ^a   Zwahlen, Marcel ^a   Silverman, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Social and Preventive Medicine ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asthma; Bias; Child; Cough; Epidemiological methods; Preschool; Questionnaires; Vehicle Emissions

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT;

ASTHMA; CHILD HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC RHINITIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTAL MAIL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM; WHEEZING;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUGH; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RHINITIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LEICESTER [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745617877     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyl022     Document Type: Article

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