Health effects of the 2003 Southern California wildfires on children

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1221-1228

  Künzli, Nino ^a   Avol, Ed ^b   Wu, Jun ^b   Gauderman, W James ^b   Rappaport, Ed ^b   Millstein, Joshua ^b   Bennion, Jonathan ^b   McConnell, Rob ^b   Gilliland, Frank D ^b   Berhane, Kiros ^b   Lurmann, Fred ^b   Winer, Arthur ^b   Peters, John M ^b  

^a INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Air pollution; Asthma; Sore throat; Wheezing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; FACE MASK; FIRE AND FIRE RELATED PHENOMENA; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKE; SORE THROAT; UNITED STATES; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASTHMA; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FIRES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SMOKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33845516054     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200604-519OC     Document Type: Article

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