Pulmonary functions of school children in highly polluted northern bohemia

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 56-62

  Horstman, Donald ^a   Kotesovec, Frantisek ^b   Vitnerova, Narcisa ^b   Leixner, Miroslav ^b   Nozicka, Jiri ^b   Smitkova, Dagmar ^b   Sram, Radim ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b District Institute of Hygiene   (Czech Republic)

^c Prague Inst of Advanced Research   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0031048562     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039899709603801     Document Type: Article

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