Household reporting of childhood respiratory health and air pollution in rural Alaska Native communities

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 73, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Ware, Desirae N ^a   Lewis, Johnnye ^b   Hopkins, Scarlett ^c   Boyer, Bert ^c   Montrose, Luke ^a   Noonan, Curtis W ^a   Semmens, Erin O ^a   Ward, Tony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Alaska; Asthma; Children; Respiratory tract infections; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; POPULATION GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR POLLUTION; ALASKA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION GROUPS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84900433708     PISSN: 12399736     EISSN: 22423982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v73.24324     Document Type: Article

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