Tobacco smoke increases the risk of otitis media among greenlandic inuit children while exposure to organochlorines remain insignificant

Environment International

Volumn 54, Issue , 2013, Pages 112-118

  Jensen, Ramon Gordon ^a   Koch, Anders ^b   Homøe, Preben ^a   Bjerregaard, Peter ^c  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Environmental health; Epidemiology; Immunotoxicity; Otitis media; Passive smoking; Persistent organic pollutants

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; IMMUNOTOXICITY; OTITIS MEDIA; PASSIVE SMOKING; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP);

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE;

CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH RISK; MATERNAL EFFECT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKE; TOBACCO; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OTITIS MEDIA; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 84874347511     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.01.015     Document Type: Article

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