Traffic-related NO2 and the prevalence of asthma and respiratory symptoms in seven year olds

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2275-2278

  Studnicka, M ^a   Hackl, E ^b   Pischinger, J ^b   Fangmeyer, C ^b   Haschke, N ^b   Kuhr J ^c   Urbanek, R ^b   Neumann, M ^a   Frischer, T ^b  

^a Center for Pulmonary Disease   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Nitrogen dioxide; Respiratory; Traffic

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC; WHEEZING; AUSTRIA; CAR DRIVING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; POLLUTANT; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

ASTHMA; AUSTRIA; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 0030609150     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.97.10102275     Document Type: Article

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