Relationship between indoor environment and asthma and wheeze severity among rural children and adolescents

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 277-285

  Lawson, Joshua A ^a,b   Dosman, James A ^b   Rennie, Donna C ^b,c   Beach, Jeremy ^a   Newman, Stephen ^a   Senthilselvan, Ambikaipakan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Breathing medication; Children and adolescents; Cotinine; Endotoxin; Rural; school absenteeism; Tobacco smoke exposure; Wheeze

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

CORTICOSTEROID; ENDOTOXIN;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MALE; PASSIVE SMOKING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DUST; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SASKATCHEWAN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 68949202227     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10599240902772910     Document Type: Conference Paper

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