An attributable risk model for exposures assumed to cause both chronic disease and its exacerbations

Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 179-185

  Künzli, Nino ^a,b,c,e   Perez, Laura ^b   Lurmann, Fred ^d   Hricko, Andrea ^c   Penfold, Bryan ^d   McConnell, Rob ^c  

^a INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^b INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SONOMA TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^e CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN OXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; INFANT; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTOR VEHICLES; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 39149142814     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181633c2f     Document Type: Article

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