Residential traffic exposure and children's emergency department presentation for asthma: A spatial study

Background: There is increasing evidence that residential proximity to roadways is associated with an elevated risk of asthma exacerbation. However, there is no consensus on the distance at which these health effects diminishes to background levels. Therefore the optimal, clinically relevant measure...

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Main Authors: Pereira, Gavin, De Vos, A., Cook, A.
Format: Journal Article
Published: BioMed Central (SpringerOpen) 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25210