Traffic-related air pollution and otitis media

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1414-1418

  Brauer, Michael ^a   Gehring, Ulrike ^b   Brunekreef, Bert ^c   de Jongste, Johan ^d   Gerritsen, Jorrit ^e   Rovers, Maroeska ^f   Wichmann, Heinz Erich ^b   Wijga, Alet ^g   Heinrich, Joachim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cohort studies; Infant; Otitis media; Vehicle emissions

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OTITIS MEDIA; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OTITIS MEDIA; PARTICLE SIZE; RISK FACTORS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 33748188493     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9089     Document Type: Article

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