Cost of near-roadway and regional air pollution-attributable childhood asthma in Los Angeles County

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1028-1035

  Brandt, Sylvia ^a   Perez, Laura ^b,c   Künzli, Nino ^b,c   Lurmann, Fred ^d   Wilson, John ^e   Pastor, Manuel ^e   McConnell, Rob ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d Sonoma Technology   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; asthma; cost of illness; urban growth; vehicle emissions; willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBON; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; ELEMENT; NITRIC ACID; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SALBUTAMOL; AIR POLLUTANT; EXHAUST GAS; PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE FUNCTION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NEAR ROADWAY AIR POLLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COST; ECONOMICS; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; MALE; PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TOXICITY;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OXIDANTS, PHOTOCHEMICAL; OZONE; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84913543468     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2014.09.029     Document Type: Article

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