Indoor air quality risk factors for severe lower respiratory tract infections in Inuit infants in Baffin Region, Nunavut: a pilot study
- 31 May 2006
- journal article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Indoor Air
- Vol. 16 (4), 266-275
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0668.2006.00423.x
Abstract
Abstract Inuit infants have extremely high rates of lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI), but the causes for this are unclear. The aims of this study were to assess, in young Inuit chi...Keywords
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