Effects of subchronic and chronic exposure to ambient air pollutants on infant bronchiolitis

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 165, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 553-560

  Karr, Catherine ^a,b,e   Lumley, Thomas ^b   Schreuder, Astrid ^b   Davis, Robert ^a,b   Larson, Timothy ^b,c   Ritz, Beate ^d   Kaufman, Joel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollutants; Bronchiolitis; Case control studies; Infant; Respiratory tract diseases

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHILD; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR POLLUTANT; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BRONCHIOLITIS; CALIFORNIA; CARBON MONOXIDE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICLE SIZE; RISK FACTORS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847390359     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwk032     Document Type: Article

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