Formaldehyde exposure and asthma in children: A systematic review

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 313-317

  McGwin Jr , Gerald ^a   Lienert, Jeffrey ^b   Kennedy Jr , John I ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Epidemiology; Formaldehyde; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ASTHMA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA EXTRACTION; DATA SYNTHESIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO;

EID: 77649227393     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0901143     Document Type: Review

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