The effects of indoor environmental exposures on pediatric asthma: A discrete event simulation model

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Fabian, M Patricia ^a,b   Stout, Natasha K ^c   Adamkiewicz, Gary ^b   Geggel, Amelia ^b   Ren, Cizao ^b   Sandel, Megan ^d   Levy, Jonathan I ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Allergen; Asthma; Green building; Housing; Indoor; Lung function; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; STEROID;

ALLERGY; ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHILD HEALTH; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INDOOR AIR; LOW INCOME HOUSING; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BATH; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOUSING; HUMAN; KITCHEN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POVERTY; PUBLIC HOUSING;

UNITED STATES;

BLATTARIA;

EID: 84871476556     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-11-66     Document Type: Article

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