Chronic respiratory symptoms in children and adults living along streets with high traffic density

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 241-247

  Oosterlee, Arie ^a,d   Drijver, Marjon ^a   Lebret, Erik ^b   Brunekreef, Bert ^c  

^a Sect Infect Dis Environ Health   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Respiratory symptoms; Traffic

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0029878003     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.53.4.241     Document Type: Article

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