Household and environment factors associated with asthma among Indian women: A multilevel approach

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 407-411

  Guddattu, Vasudeva ^a   Swathi, A ^a   Nair, N Sreekumaran ^a  

^a MANIPAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Asthma; Multilevel model; Odds ratio; Population attributable risk percentage

Indexed keywords

FUEL;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BIOMASS ENERGY; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHIMNEY; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; COOKERY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953327868     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2010.481343     Document Type: Article

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