Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure and wheeze in a cohort of children with asthma in Fresno, CA

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 386-392

  Gale, Sara L ^a   Noth, Elizabeth M ^a   Mann, Jennifer ^a   Balmes, John ^a,b   Hammond, S Katharine ^a   Tager, Ira B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

air pollution; asthma; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBON;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

EID: 84862517678     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2012.29     Document Type: Article

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