Asthma and school commuting time

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 827-829

  McConnell, Rob ^a   Liu, Feifei ^a   Wu, Jun ^b   Lurmann, Fred ^c   Peters, John ^a   Berhane, Kiros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SONOMA TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ASTHMA; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; TIME; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; WHEEZING;

EID: 77955851382     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181ebf1a9     Document Type: Article

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