Potential self-selection bias in a nested case-control study on indoor environmental factors and their association with asthma and allergic symptoms among pre-school children

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 534-543

  Bornehag, Carl Gustaf ^a   Sundell, Jan ^b   Sigsgaard, Torben ^c   Janson, Staffan ^d  

^a SP TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asthma and allergy; case control study; home environmental factors; selection bias

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BUILDING MATERIAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPOSURE; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE STYLE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RISK FACTORS; SELECTION BIAS; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 33749007650     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940600607467     Document Type: Article

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