Environmental Air Pollutants as Risk Factors for Asthma Among Children Seen in Pediatric Clinics in UKMMC, Kuala Lumpur

Annals of Global Health

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 202-208

  Idris, Idayu Badilla ^a   Ghazi, Hasanain Faisal ^b   Zhie, Khor Hui ^a   Khairuman, Khairul Aliff ^a   Yahya, Siti Kasuma ^a   Abd Zaim, Farah Azureen ^a   Nam, Chok Wai ^a   Abdul Rasid, Hazwan Zuhairi ^a   Isa, Zaleha Md ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

^b MANAGEMENT AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

asthma; children; environmental air pollutants; Malaysia; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; PET ANIMAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TRAFFIC; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTANT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84991577778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22149996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aogh.2016.01.021     Document Type: Article

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