The association between self-reported symptoms of asthma and allergic rhinitis and self-reported traffic density on street of residence in adolescents

Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 578-582

  Duhme, Heinrich ^a   Weiland, Stephan K ^a   Keil, Ulrich ^a   Kraemer, Barbara ^a   Schmid, Manfred ^a   Stender, Monika ^a   Chambless, Lloyd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

air pollution; allergies; asthma; childhood; ISAAC; rhinitis; traffic density; wheezing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAFFIC; WHEEZING;

EID: 0029803689     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199611000-00003     Document Type: Article

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