Effects of distance from a heavily transited avenue on asthma and atopy in a periurban shantytown in Lima, Peru

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 875-882

  Baumann, Lauren M ^a,b   Robinson, Colin L ^a,b   Combe, Juan M ^b   Gomez, Alfonso ^b   Romero, Karina ^b   Gilman, Robert H ^a,b,c   Cabrera, Lilia ^b   Hansel, Nadia N ^a,d,e   Wise, Robert A ^a,e   Breysse, Patrick N ^e   Barnes, Kathleen ^a,d   Hernandez, Juan E ^f   Checkley, William ^a,b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Asthma symptoms; atopy; distance; particulate matter; spirometry; traffic

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CITY; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERU; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST; SPIROMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MALE; PERU; RISK FACTORS; URBANIZATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 79953659598     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2010.11.031     Document Type: Article

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