The association between community stressors and asthma prevalence of school children in Winnipeg, Canada

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 579-595

  Pittman, Tyler P ^a,b   Nykiforuk, Candace I J ^c   Mignone, Javier ^d   Mandhane, Piush J ^a   Becker, Allan B ^d   Kozyrskyj, Anita L ^a,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e STOLLERY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Childhood asthma; Community stressors; Multilevel modelling

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; LOGISTICS; MATERNAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANADA; CAREGIVER; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS; THEFT;

CANADA; MANITOBA;

EID: 84857709429     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph9020579     Document Type: Article

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