Open AccessExposure Assessment in Cohort Studies of Childhood Asthma
Author(s) -
Victoria H Arrandale,
Michael Bräuer,
Jeffrey R. Brook,
Bert Brunekreef,
Diane R. Gold,
Stephanie J. London,
J. David Miller,
Halûk Özkaynak,
Nola M. Ries,
Malcolm R. Sears,
Frances Silverman,
Tim K. Takaro
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1002267
Subject(s) - asthma , medicine , cohort , environmental health , cohort study , exposure assessment , immunology
The environment is suspected to play an important role in the development of childhood asthma. Cohort studies are a powerful observational design for studying exposure-response relationships, but their power depends in part upon the accuracy of the exposure assessment.
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