The international study of asthma and allergies in childhood (ISAAC): Objectives and methods; results from German ISAAC centres concerning traffic density and wheezing and allergic rhinitis

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 99-103

  Keil, Ulrich ^a   Weiland, Stephan K ^a   Duhme, Heinrich ^a   Chambless, Lloyd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergies; Asthma; Eczema; JSAAC; Rhinitis; Traffic; Wheezing

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGY; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECZEMA; EXHAUST GAS; GERMANY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINITIS; TRAFFIC; WHEEZING;

EID: 0030218011     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-4274(96)03680-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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