High prevalence of asthma symptoms in Warao Amerindian children in Venezuela is significantly associated with open-fire cooking: A cross-sectional observational study

Respiratory Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kraai, Stèphan ^a   Verhagen, Lilly M ^a,b   Valladares, Enrique ^c   Goecke, Joaquin ^c   Rasquin, Lorena ^c   Colmenares, Paula ^c   Del Nogal, Berenice ^c,d   Hermans, Peter W M ^a   de Waard, Jacobus H ^b,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^d Hospital de Ninos J M de los Rios   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Asthma Mesh ; Indigenous children; Smoke Mesh ; Tobacco smoke pollution Mesh ; Wheeze; Woodsmoke

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE; GASOLINE; TOBACCO SMOKE; PASSIVE SMOKING; SMOKE;

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COOKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP DISORDER; VENEZUELA; WHEEZING; WOOD; ADVERSE EFFECTS; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKE; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; VENEZUELA; WOOD;

EID: 84880334365     PISSN: 14659921     EISSN: 1465993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-14-76     Document Type: Article

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