The pool chlorine hypothesis and asthma among boys

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Ryan, C A ^a  

^a Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHLORINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXERCISE INDUCED ASTHMA; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL SMOKING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING HABIT; SPORTING EVENT; SWIMMING; SWIMMING POOL; WHEEZING; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; IRELAND; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SWIMMING POOLS;

EID: 67651101069     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: 03323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Bernard A, Carbonelle S, Michel O, Higuet S, de Burbure C, Buchet J-P, Hermans C, Dumont X, Doyle I. Lung hyperpermeability and asthma prevalence in schoolchildren; unexpected associations with the attendance at indoor, chlorinated swimming pools. Occup Environ Med 2003; 60:385-394.
2. Helenius I, Haahtela T. Allergy and asthma in elite summer sport athletes. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2000;106:44;4-52.
3. Nystad W, Nja F, Magnus P, Nafstad P. Baby swimming increases the risk of recurrent respiratory infections and otitis media. Acta Paediatr 2003;92:905-909.
4. Asher MI, Keil U, Anderson HR, Beasley R, Crane J, Martinez F, Mitchell EA, Pearce N, Sibbald B, Stewart AW, Strachan D, Weiland SK, Williams HC. International study of asthma and allergies in childhood (ISAAC): rationale and methods. Eur Respir J. 1995;8:483-491.
5. Hosmer DW, Lemeshow S. Applied logistic regression. John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY (1989).
6. Nagelkerke NJD. A note on the general definition of the coefficient of determination. Biometrika 78 (1991).
7. Nickmilder M, Bernard A. Ecological association between childhood asthma and availability of indoor chlorinated swimming pools in Europe. Occ Environ Med 2006
8. Guyatt GH, Juniper EF, Griffith LE, Feeney DH, Ferrie PJ. Children and Adult Perceptions of Childhood Asthma. Paediatrics 1997;99:165-168.
9. Martinez FD, Wright AL, Taussig LM, Holberg CJ, Halonen M, Morgan WJ and The Group Health Medical Associates. Asthma and Wheezing in the first six years of life. NEJM 1995;332:133-8.
10. Beckdale MR, Ernst P. Environmental factors. Lancet 1997;350 (Suppl II):1013.
11. Ireland North and South- A Statistical Profile- 2003 Edition. www.cso.ie/releasespublications/ ireland_statistical_profile_2003.htm
12. Taylor MRH, Holland CV, O'Lorcain P. Asthma and wheeze in schoolchildren. I Med J 1996;89:34-35.
13. Manning PJ, Curran K, Kirby B, Taylor MRH, Clancy L. Asthma, hayfever and eczema in Irish teenagers (ISAAC Protocol). I Med J 1997;90:110-112.
14. Harty SB, Sheridan A, Howell F, Nicholson A. Wheeze, Eczema and Rhinitis in 6-7 year old Irish Schoolchildren. IMJ 2003;96:102-103.
15. Nemery B, Hoet PHM, Nowak D. Indoor swimming pools, water chlorination and respiratory health. Eur Respir J 2002;19:790-793.