Relative exposure to swine animal feeding operations and childhood asthma prevalence in an agricultural cohort

Environmental Research

Volumn 122, Issue , 2013, Pages 74-80

  Pavilonis, Brian T ^a   Sanderson, Wayne T ^b   Merchant, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

CAFOs; Childhood asthma; Rural air quality

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACILITY LOCATION; HEALTH IMPACT; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PIG; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RURAL AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVESTOCK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOULD; NEWBORN; PARENTAL SMOKING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SWINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; IOWA; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SWINE;

IOWA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 84875068823     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2012.12.008     Document Type: Article

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