Urbanization factors associated with childhood asthma and prematurity: A population-based analysis aged from 0 to 5 years in Taiwan by using Cox regression within a hospital cluster model

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 273-278

  Lin, Sheng Chieh ^a,b   Lin, Hui Wen ^c,d  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asthma; Epidemiology; Pediatrics; Prematurity; Prevention; Risk factors; Robust sandwich variance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAZARD RATIO; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION; PREMATURITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGISTRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBURBAN AREA; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN; URBANIZATION; AGE; DEMOGRAPHY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; ASTHMA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TAIWAN; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84931092062     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2014.958854     Document Type: Article

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