Traffic related air pollution and incidence of childhood asthma: results of the Vesta case-control study

Zmirou, Denis; Gauvin, S; Pin, I; Momas, I; Sahraoui, F; Just, J; Le Moullec, Y; Brémont, F; Cassadou, S; Reungoat, P; Albertini, M; Lauvergne, N; Chiron, M; Labbé, A

doi:10.1136/jech.58.1.18

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Traffic related air pollution and incidence of childhood asthma: results of the Vesta case-control study

Published in Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health • Dec 18, 2003

Authors:

Denis Zmirou

S Gauvin

I Pin

Abstract

STUDY OBJECTIVE: The Vesta project aims to assess the role of traffic related air pollution in the occurrence of childhood asthma. DESIGN AND SETTING: Case-control study conducted in five French metropolitan areas between 1998 and 2000. A set of 217 pairs of matched 4 to 14 years old cases and contr...

Subject

Medicine

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Asthma

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