Association of respiratory symptoms and lung function in young adults with use of domestic gas appliances

Lancet

Volumn 347, Issue 8999, 1996, Pages 426-431

  Jarvis, Deborah ^a   Chinn, Susan ^a   Luczynska, Christina ^a   Burney, Peter ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; NATURAL GAS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; COOKING; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HAY FEVER; HEATING; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030020345     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)90009-4     Document Type: Article

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