Self-reported home environmental risk factors for childhood asthma: A cross-sectional study of children in Buffalo, New York

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 325-332

  Lin, Shao ^a   Gomez, Marta I ^a   Hwang, Syni An ^a   Munsie, Jean Pierre ^a   Fitzgerald, Edward F ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Cross sectional study; Environmental exposure; Risk factors; Triggers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HABIT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMIDIFIER; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; ODOR; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SYMPTOM; TRAFFIC; UNITED STATES; VAPORIZER; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFANT; POLLUTANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASTHMA; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEW YORK; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 43049085229     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900801930285     Document Type: Article

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