Associations between urban air pollution and pediatric asthma control in El Paso, Texas

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 448, Issue , 2013, Pages 56-65

  Zora, Jennifer E ^a,b   Sarnat, Stefanie Ebelt ^a   Raysoni, Amit U ^a   Johnson, Brent A ^a   Li, Wen Whai ^c   Greenwald, Roby ^a   Holguin, Fernando ^d   Stock, Thomas H ^e   Sarnat, Jeremy A ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Texas at El Paso   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Asthma control; Asthma Control Questionnaire; Children; Panel study; Traffic

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION HEALTH EFFECTS; ASTHMA CONTROL; CHILDREN; COARSE PARTICULATE MATTER; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; PANEL STUDIES; RESPIRABLE PARTICULATE MATTERS; TRAFFIC-RELATED POLLUTANTS;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; CLIMATOLOGY; DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; HEALTH RISKS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLLUTION; SURVEYS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

BENZENE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BLACK CARBON; CORTICOSTEROID; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SHORT ACTING DRUG; STEROID; TOLUENE;

ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; PANEL DATA; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ASTHMA CONTROL QUESTIONNAIRE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MALE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TEXAS;

EL PASO; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875256840     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.11.067     Document Type: Article

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