Biomass fuel use and the risk of asthma in Nigerian children

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1845-1851

  Thacher, Jesse D ^a   Emmelin, Anders ^b   Madaki, Aboi J K ^c   Thacher, Tom D ^d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Epidemiology; Indoor air pollution; Lung volume measurements

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIOMASS; CHILD; COOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GROUPS BY AGE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL STUDY OF ASTHMA AND ALLERGIES IN CHILDHOOD QUESTIONNAIRE; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKE; SPIROMETRY; WHEEZING; WOOD;

AFRICA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASTHMA; BIOFUELS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKE;

EID: 84890314093     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: 15323064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2013.09.009     Document Type: Article

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