Active and uncontrolled asthma among children exposed to air stack emissions of sulphur dioxide from petroleum refineries in Montreal, Quebec: A cross-sectional study

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 97-102

  Deger, Leylâ ^a   Plante, Céline ^a   Jacques, Louis ^a,b   Goudreau, Sophie ^a   Perron, Stéphane ^a   Hicks, John ^c   Kosatsky, Tom ^d   Smargiassi, Audrey ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Institut Thoracique de Montréal   (Canada)

^c TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^e INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Cross sectional study; Dispersion modelling; Point source emissions; Sulphur dioxide

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CANADA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OIL INDUSTRY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 84861324534     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/218957     Document Type: Article

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