Environmental factors influencing the prevalence of respiratory diseases and allergies among schoolchildren in Chiang Mai, Thailand

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 129-148

  Sriyaraj, Kanyawat ^a   Priest, Nicholas ^b   Shutes, Brian ^b  

^a GMS Environment Operations Center   (Thailand)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Allergic dermatitis; Asthma; ISAAC questionnaire; Rhinitis; Thailand

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHILD HEALTH; DIET; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION GROWTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIET; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION GROWTH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHINITIS; SKIN ALLERGY; THAILAND; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; CHILD; DIET; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS; THAILAND; URBAN POPULATION;

ASIA; CHIANG MAI [NORTHERN REGION]; EURASIA; NORTHERN REGION [THAILAND]; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 41349085836     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603120701694109     Document Type: Article

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