Investigation of possible health effects of community exposure to fermenting wood chips
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11029923 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Guthrie S Birkhead (0000-0002-6511-6560, Vermont Department of Health), G Birkhead, R L Vogt, R Vogt, Paul J Hudson (0000-0003-4299-7091) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 318-319 |
| Publication date | 1988-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.78.3.318 |
| PMID | 3341505 |
| OpenAlex | W2046454402 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
We conducted a case-control study of emergency room (ER) patients to evaluate whether asthma is caused by living near a wood-chip fueled power plant that released wood-chip fermentation products. Only eight (29 per cent) of 28 asthma patients seen in the ER during an 11-week period lived within 1.5 miles of the plant compared with 18 (34 per cent) of 54 control patients matched for severity of diagnosis and seen during the same period (Mantel-Haenszel odds ratio controlling for age = 0.96)
Asthma · Biology · Environmental health · Logistic regression · Odds · Odds ratio · Energy and Environment Impacts · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Toxicology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |