Ambient Air Toxics and Asthma Prevalence among a Representative Sample of US Kindergarten-Age Children

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Stoner, Alexis M ^a,b   Anderson, Sarah E ^a   Buckley, Timothy J ^a,c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EDWARD VIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KINDERGARTEN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY HAZARD INDEX; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GASOLINE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884245554     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075176     Document Type: Article

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