Traffic density and stationary sources of air pollution associated with wheeze, asthma, and immunoglobulin E from birth to age 5 years among New York City children

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1222-1229

  Patel, Molini M ^a   Quinn, James W ^b   Jung, Kyung Hwa ^a   Hoepner, Lori ^c   Diaz, Diurka ^c   Perzanowski, Matthew ^c   Rundle, Andrew ^c   Kinney, Patrick L ^c   Perera, Frederica P ^c   Miller, Rachel L ^a,c,d  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c Columbia University Medical Center PH8E ^*  (United States)

^d NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Asthma; Geographic information systems; IgE; Traffic

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ANTIBODY; ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GIS; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH SURVEY; MORBIDITY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SERUM; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN POPULATION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BUILDING; CHILD; CITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HIGHWAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; TRAFFIC; UNITED STATES; WHEEZING;

AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

BRONX COUNTY; KANSAS; MANHATTAN; NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80755136672     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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