Infant exposure to fine particulate matter and traffic and risk of hospitalization for RSV bronchiolitis in a region with lower ambient air pollution

Environmental Research

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 321-327

  Karr, Catherine J ^a,b   Rudra, Carole B ^c   Miller, Kristin A ^b   Gould, Timothy R ^d   Larson, Timothy ^b,d   Sathyanarayana, Sheela ^a   Koenig, Jane Q ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Bronchiolitis; Particulate matter; Respiratory disease; Traffic

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH RISK; HOSPITAL SECTOR; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RACE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHNICITY; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LAND USE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; UNITED STATES; VIRAL BRONCHIOLITIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BRONCHIOLITIS, VIRAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RISK; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; WASHINGTON;

NORTH AMERICA; PUGET SOUND; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; RICE STRIPE VIRUS;

EID: 61749100105     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2008.11.006     Document Type: Article

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