Association between wheeze and selected air pollution sources in an air pollution priority area in South Africa: A cross-sectional study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Shirinde, Joyce ^a,b   Wichmann, Janine ^b   Voyi, Kuku ^b  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Asthma; Cooking fuel; Environmental tobacco smoke; Heating fuel; Industrial; South Africa; Traffic; Wheeze

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE; PARAFFIN; TOBACCO SMOKE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTANT SOURCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HEATING; HIGH SCHOOL; HOME; HUMAN; ISAAC QUESTIONNAIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; URBAN AREA; WHEEZING;

SOUTH AFRICA;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; COOKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEATING; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SCHOOLS; SMOKE; SOUTH AFRICA; TOBACCO; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84900819805     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-13-32     Document Type: Article

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