Greenness and allergies: Evidence of differential associations in two areas in Germany

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 787-790

  Fuertes, Elaine ^a,b   Markevych, Iana ^a,c   von Berg, Andrea ^d   Bauer, Carl Peter ^e   Berdel, Dietrich ^d   Koletzko, Sibylle ^c   Sugiri, Dorothea ^f   Heinrich, Joachim ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d MARIEN HOSPITAL WESEL   (Germany)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; BIOMASS; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; GREENSPACE; HEALTH RISK; HETEROGENEITY; NDVI; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK FACTOR;

GERMANY;

AIR POLLUTANT;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GERMANY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RISK; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; GERMANY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

EID: 84904351127     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2014-203903     Document Type: Article

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