ArticleInternational journal of health geographics2005
Geographic variations of childhood asthma hospitalization and outpatient visits and proximity to ambient pollution sources at a U.S.-Canada border crossing.
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- Spatiotemporal patterns of childhood asthma hospitalization and utilization in Memphis Metropolitan Area from 2005 to 2015.The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma · 2017Article
- Proximity to mining industry and respiratory diseases in children in a community in Northern Chile: A cross-sectional study.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2016Article
- A GIS based approach for assessing the association between air pollution and asthma in New York State, USA.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2014Article
- The new and computationally efficient MIL-SOM algorithm: potential benefits for visualization and analysis of a large-scale high-dimensional clinically acquired geographic data.Computational and mathematical methods in medicine · 2012Article
- Spatiotemporal analysis of air pollution and asthma patient visits in Taipei, Taiwan.International journal of health geographics · 2009Article
- Outdoor air pollution and emergency department visits for asthma among children and adults: a case-crossover study in northern Alberta, Canada.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2007Article
- Hospital readmissions for childhood asthma: the role of individual and neighborhood factors.Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)Article
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Abstract
backgroundChildhood asthma is a significant public health problem in the United States and evidence is accumulating regarding the contribution from traffic and ambient air pollution. This study is a companion piece of a related Buffalo asthma study in adults recently published in the July 2004 issue of American Journal of Public Health. This study focuses on children under 18 years of age diagnosed with asthma during a three-year period (2000-2002). In order to determine the effects of particulate air pollution on public health, we conducted an ecologic study of childhood asthma and point-source respirable particulate air pollution in patients diagnosed with asthma (n = 6,425). Patients diagnosed with gastroenteritis (n = 5,132) were used as controls.
resultsAlthough the results of this study show spatial patterns similar to the ones observed in the adult study, a multiple-comparison test shows that EPA-designated focus sites located in Buffalo's east side are statistically (p < 0.008) more linked to childhood asthma than sites located elsewhere.
conclusionFindings of this study can be useful in geographic targeting and in the design of optimal and preventive measures.
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