Childhood social position and associations between environmental exposures and health outcomes

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 146-156

  Hoffmann, Barbara ^a   Kolahgar, Bita ^a   Rauchfuss, Knut ^b   Eberwein, Georg ^b   Franzen Reuter, Isabelle ^c   Kraft, Martin ^c   Wilhelm, Michael ^d   Ranft, Ulrich ^e   Jöckel, Karl Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b North Rhine Westphalia State Environment Agency   (Germany)

^c Ministry of the Environment and Conservation   (Germany)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^e HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Bias; Environmental justice; Epidemiology; Socioeconomic position

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LUNG; MALE; MIGRATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LUNG; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 59149096192     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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