Respiratory symptoms among residents of a heavy-industry province in China: Prevalence and risk factors

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1536-1544

  Wilson, Donald ^a   Takahashi, Ken ^a   Pan, Guowei ^b   Chan, Chang Chuan ^c   Zhang, Shujuan ^b   Feng, Yiping ^b   Hoshuyama, Tsutomu ^a   Chuang, Kai Jen ^c   Lin, Ro Ting ^a   Hwang, Jing Shiang ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Liaoning Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Childhood respiratory disease; China; Indoor pollution; NO2; Occupational dust exposure; Occupational gas exposure; Parental history of respiratory disease; Prevalence rates; Residence related pollution; Respiratory symptoms; Risk factors; Smoking; SO2; TSP

Indexed keywords

COAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHIMNEY; CHINA; COOKING; COUGHING; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK FACTOR; FEMALE; GAS; HEALTH; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PERSONAL RISK FACTOR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKE; SMOKING; WHEEZING;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CHINA; COUGH; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 55549091701     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2008.06.010     Document Type: Article

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