Proximity to chipboard industries increases the risk of respiratory and irritation symptoms in children. The Viadana study

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 511-517

  de Marco, Roberto ^a   Marcon, Alessandro ^a   Rava, Marta ^a   Cazzoletti, Lucia ^a   Pironi, Vanda ^b   Silocchi, Caterina ^b   Ricci, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b NHS Mantua   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Children; Chipboard; Epidemiology; Geocoding

Indexed keywords

ATTRIBUTABLE FRACTION; CHILDREN'S HEALTH; CHIPBOARD; DOSE RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; GEO CODING; HEALTH EFFECTS; HEALTH OUTCOMES; NORTHERN ITALY; PEDIATRIC POPULATION; RESIDENTIAL AREAS; WOOD INDUSTRY; WOOD PRODUCTION;

AIR QUALITY; HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; INDUSTRY; PARTICLE BOARD;

EDUCATION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH STATUS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EYE DISEASE; EYE IRRITATION; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH DISEASE; NOSE IRRITATION; PARENTAL SMOKING; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; THROAT IRRITATION; TRAFFIC; WOOD CHIP;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITIES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; ITALY; MALE; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; CHIP BOARDS; EDUCATION; HEALTH; PARTICLE BOARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 70649089214     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.10.024     Document Type: Article

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