Indoor risk factors for asthma and wheezing among Seattle school children

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 208-214

  Maier, William C ^a,b   Arrighi, H Michael ^c   Morray, Barbara ^d   Llewellyn, Claire ^d   Redding, Gregory J ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^c AMGEN INC   (United States)

^d SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Childhood; Environmental tobacco smoke; Gas stove; Household dampness; Wheezing

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE; WATER;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GAS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOISTURE; MOULD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; WHEEZING;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0030899148     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.97105208     Document Type: Article

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