Home renovation, family history of atopy, and respiratory symptoms and asthma among children living in China

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1920-1927

  Dong, Guang Hui ^a   Qian, Zhengmin ^b   Wang, Jing ^b   Trevathan, Edwin ^b   Liu, Miao Miao ^a   Wang, Da ^a   Ren, Wan Hui ^c   Chen, Weiqing ^d   Simckes, Maayan ^b   Zelicoff, Alan ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Shenyang Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

^d SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84907212568     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301438     Document Type: Article

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