Health Impacts of Air Pollution: A Life Course Approach for Examining Predictors of Respiratory Health in Adulthood

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 239-249

  Barakat Haddad, Caroline ^a   Elliott, Susan J ^b   Pengelly, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air Pollution; Child Development; Environmental Exposure; Ontario; Prospective Study; Public Health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; THORAX DISEASE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; ONTARIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84858982535     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2012.02.010     Document Type: Article

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