Ambient particulate pollution and the world-wide prevalence of asthma, rhinoconjunctivitis and eczema in children: Phase One of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC)

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 293-300

  Anderson, H Ross ^a,i   Ruggles, Ruth ^a   Pandey, Kiran D ^b   Kapetanakis, Venediktos ^a   Brunekreef, Bert ^c,d   Lai, Christopher K W ^e   Strachan, David P ^a,i   Weiland, Stephan K ^f   Ait Khaled N ^g   Anabwani, G ^h   Asher, M I ^j   Beasley, R ^k   Bjorksten B ^l   Burr, M L ^m   Crane, J ⁿ   Keil, U ^o   Mallol, J ^p   Martinez, F C ^q   Mitchell, E A ^j   Montefort, S ^r   Pearce, N ^s   Robertson, C F ^t   Shah, J R ^u   Stewart, A W ^v   Von Mutius, E ^w   Williams, H C ^x   Clayton, T O ^j   Ellwood, P ^j   more..

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^g Union Internationale Contre la Tuberculose et Les Maladies Respiratoires   (France)

^h PRINCESS MARINA HOSPITAL   (Botswana)

ⁱ ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^k MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NEW ZEALAND   (New Zealand)

^l KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^m CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^o UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^p UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^q UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^s MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^t ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^u JASLOK HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^v Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences School of Population Health   (New Zealand)

^w LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^x QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; ECZEMA; HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 77953766601     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.048785     Document Type: Article

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