Association of short-term increases in ambient air pollution and timing of initial asthma diagnosis among medicaid-enrolled children in a metropolitan area

Environmental Research

Volumn 131, Issue , 2014, Pages 50-58

  Wendt, Judy K ^a,b   Symanski, Elaine ^a,b   Stock, Thomas H ^a,b   Chan, Wenyaw ^a,b   Du, Xianglin L ^a,b  

^a Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Air pollution; Asthma; Child; Incidence; Medicaid

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

AMBIENT AIR; ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISEASE PREVALENCE; METROPOLITAN AREA; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

HARRIS COUNTY [TEXAS]; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; CHILD; INCIDENCE; MEDICAID;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAID; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84896507561     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.02.013     Document Type: Article

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