Weighted road density and allergic disease in children at high risk of developing asthma

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Hansell, Anna L ^a,b   Rose, Nectarios ^c,d   Cowie, Christine T ^c,e   Belousova, Elena G ^c   Bakolis, Ioannis ^a   Ng, Kitty ^c   Toelle, Brett G ^c,f   Marks, Guy B ^c,e,g  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d NEW SOUTH WALES MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^f SYDNEY LOCAL HEALTH DISTRICT   (Australia)

^g LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ALLERGEN; EXHAUST GAS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENSITY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXHAUST GAS; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; PRICK TEST; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RHINITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WEIGHTED ROAD DENSITY; WHEEZING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; TOXICITY;

AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84903289485     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098978     Document Type: Article

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