Greenness and incident childhood asthma: A 10-year follow-up in a population-based birth cohort

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 192, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1131-1133

  Sbihi, Hind ^a   Tamburic, Lillian ^a   Koehoorn, Mieke ^a   Brauer, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATION PERIOD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; TERM BIRTH; BRITISH COLUMBIA; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH; INFANT; MALE; POLICY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECREATIONAL PARK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREE;

AIR POLLUTANT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; PARKS, RECREATIONAL; TREES; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN RENEWAL;

EID: 84946594917     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201504-0707LE     Document Type: Letter

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