BML open associations between neighbourhood greenness and asthma in preschool children in Kaunas, Lithuania: A case-control study

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Andrusaityte, Sandra ^a   Grazuleviciene, Regina ^a   Kudzyte, Jolanta ^b   Bernotiene, Asta ^b   Dedele, Audrius ^a   Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J ^c,d  

^a VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

^c CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ASTHMATIC STATE; BIRTH; CHILD; CITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOME; HUMAN; LITHUANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; NEIGHBORHOOD; PARENT; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; PLANT; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHUANIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PLANTS; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84971277112     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010341     Document Type: Article

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