Open AccessChildhood Exposure to Ambient Air Pollutants and the Onset of Asthma: An Administrative Cohort Study in Québec
Author(s) -
Louis-François Tétreault,
Mariève Doucet,
Philippe Gamache,
Michel Fournier,
Allan Brand,
Tom Kosatsky,
Audrey Smargiassi
Publication year - 2016
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.1509838
Subject(s) - interquartile range , asthma , medicine , cohort , hazard ratio , environmental health , cohort study , air pollutants , pediatrics , demography , air pollution , confidence interval , chemistry , organic chemistry , sociology
Although it is well established that air pollutants can exacerbate asthma, the link with new asthma onset in children is less clear.
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