Household levels of nitrogen dioxide and pediatric asthma severity

Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 320-330

  Belanger, Kathleen ^a   Holford, Theodore R ^a   Gent, Janneane F ^a   Hill, Melissa E ^a   Kezik, Julie M ^a   Leaderer, Brian P ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COCKROACH; COUGHING; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PASSIVE SMOKING; PET ANIMAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SUBURBAN AREA; UNITED STATES; WHEEZING;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84873411481     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e318280e2ac     Document Type: Article

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