Association between prenatal exposure to industrial air pollution and onset of early childhood ear infection in China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 157, Issue , 2017, Pages 18-26

  Deng, Qihong ^a   Lu, Chan ^a   Li, Yuguo ^b   Chen, Lv ^a   He, Yanrong ^a   Sundell, Jan ^a,c   Norbäck, Dan ^a,d  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Ear infection; Infection; Otitis media; Pregnancy; Sulfur dioxide; Trimester

Indexed keywords

LOGISTIC REGRESSION; NITROGEN OXIDES; OBSTETRICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EAR INFECTION; INFECTION; OTITIS MEDIA; PREGNANCY; TRIMESTER;

AIR POLLUTION;

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHILD HEALTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; INFECTIVITY; LOGIT ANALYSIS; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSORY SYSTEM; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHINA; COCKROACH; COHORT ANALYSIS; EAR INFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WINTER;

CHANGSHA; CHINA; HUNAN;

BLATTARIA;

EID: 85015649710     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.03.005     Document Type: Article

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