Air pollution and anemia as risk factors for pneumonia in ecuadorian children: A retrospective cohort analysis

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Harris, Aaron M ^a   Sempértegui, Fernando ^a,b,c   Estrella, Bertha ^a,b,c   Narváez, Ximena ^b   Egas, Juan ^b   Woodin, Mark ^a,d   Durant, John L ^d   Naumova, Elena N ^a,d,e   Griffiths, Jeffrey K ^a,d,e,f  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Corporacián Ecuatoriana de Biotecnología ^*  (Ecuador)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^d Tufts University   (United States)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NUTRITION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PNEUMONIA; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR;

AIR POLLUTION; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUNTING; AIR POLLUTANT; CITY; MALNUTRITION;

ECUADOR; PICHINCHA; QUITO;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANEMIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITIES; COHORT STUDIES; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; OXIMETRY; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 81855191963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-10-93     Document Type: Article

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