Indoor exposure to particulate matter and age at first acute lower respiratory infection in a low-income Urban community in Bangladesh

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 179, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 967-973

  Gurley, Emily S ^a   Salje, Henrik ^b   Homaira, Nusrat ^b   Ram, Pavani K ^b   Haque, Rashidul ^b   Petri Jr , William A ^b   Bresee, Joseph ^b   Moss, William J ^b   Luby, Stephen P ^b   Breysse, Patrick ^b   Azziz Baumgartner, Eduardo ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b NONE

Author keywords

acute lower respiratory infection; Bangladesh; child health; particulate matter; survival analysis

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; INDOOR AIR; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MORTALITY RISK; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL; URBAN POPULATION;

AIR MONITORING; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BIRTH; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INDOOR EXPOSURE; INFANT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TACHYPNEA; URBAN POPULATION;

BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH];

ACUTE LOWER RESPIRATORY INFECTION; BANGLADESH; CHILD HEALTH; PARTICULATE MATTER; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BANGLADESH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INHALATION EXPOSURE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POVERTY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84897378468     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu002     Document Type: Article

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