Exposure to traffic and early life respiratory infection: A cohort study

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 252-259

  Rice, Mary B ^a,b   Rifas Shiman, Sheryl L ^c   Oken, Emily ^c   Gillman, Matthew W ^c   Ljungman, Petter L ^b   Litonjua, Augusto A ^d   Schwartz, Joel ^e   Coull, Brent A ^e   Zanobetti, Antonella ^e   Koutrakis, Petros ^e   Melly, Steven J ^e   Mittleman, Murray A ^b   Gold, Diane R ^d,e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Environmental lung disease; Epidemiology; Prenatal exposures; Respiratory infection; Traffic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROUP; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; TRAFFIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84923136064     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.23029     Document Type: Article

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