Does urban land-use increase risk of asthma symptoms?

Environmental Research

Volumn 142, Issue , 2015, Pages 309-318

  Son, Ji Young ^a   Kim, Ho ^b   Bell, Michelle L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Asthma; Traffic related; Urban land use

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; LAND USE CHANGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLLUTION; URBANIZATION;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEX; SMOKING; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CITY; ODDS RATIO; RISK; SOUTH KOREA;

KOREA;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; CITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ODDS RATIO; PARTICULATE MATTER; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK; URBANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937047023     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.06.042     Document Type: Article

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