Common cold among pre-school children in China - associations with ambient PM10 and dampness, mould, cats, dogs, rats and cockroaches in the home environment

Environment International

Volumn 103, Issue , 2017, Pages 13-22

  Norbäck, Dan ^a,b   Lu, Chan ^a   Zhang, Yinping ^c   Li, Baizhan ^d   Zhao, Zhuohui ^e   Huang, Chen ^f   Zhang, Xin ^g   Qian, Hua ^h   Sundell, Jan ^a,c   Deng, Qihong ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

^g SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLEANING; CONDENSATION; LEAKAGE (FLUID); LOGISTIC REGRESSION; RATS;

DAY-CARE CENTRES; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HOME ENVIRONMENT; LONG DURATION; MULTI-LEVEL LOGISTICS; NORTHERN CHINA; POSTNATAL EXPOSURE; SOUTHERN CHINA;

MOLDS;

CANID; CHILD HEALTH; COCKROACH; FELID; FUNGUS; HEALTH RISK; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; RODENT;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CAT; CHILD; CHINA; COCKROACH; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAMPNESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DOG; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOULD; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CITY; CLIMATE; FUNGUS; HOUSING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; ODDS RATIO; RAT; RISK FACTOR;

CHINA;

BLATTARIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; RATTUS;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANIMALS; CATS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CITIES; CLIMATE; COCKROACHES; COMMON COLD; DOGS; FEMALE; FUNGI; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PARTICULATE MATTER; RATS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85016153481     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2017.03.015     Document Type: Article

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