Associations between home dampness-related exposures and childhood eczema among 13,335 preschool children in Shanghai, China: A cross-sectional study

Environmental Research

Volumn 146, Issue , 2016, Pages 18-26

  Cai, Jiao ^a   Liu, Wei ^a   Hu, Yu ^b   Zou, Zhijun ^a   Shen, Li ^c   Huang, Chen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHANGHAI FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TONGJI ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN GROUP CO   (China)

^c Shanghai Berkeley Biology and Technology Limited Company   (China)

Author keywords

Association; Dampness; Eczema; Interaction effect; Preschool children; Residence

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; RISK FACTOR; SKIN DISORDER;

ARTICLE; ATOPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOULD; PARENTAL SMOKING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; FUNGUS; HOUSING; HUMIDITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FUNGI; HOUSING; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84949845691     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.12.009     Document Type: Article

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