Urban land-use and respiratory symptoms in infants

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 677-684

  Ebisu, Keita ^a   Holford, Theodore R ^b   Belanger, Kathleen D ^b   Leaderer, Brian P ^b   Bell, Michelle L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Infantshealth; Land use; Traffic; Urbanicity; Wheeze symptom

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH RISK; INFANT MORTALITY; LAND COVER; LAND USE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBANIZATION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; LAND USE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA; WHEEZING;

AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; CITIES; CONNECTICUT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ODDS RATIO; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SOCIAL CLASS;

CONNECTICUT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958278703     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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