Motor vehicle exhaust and chronic respiratory symptoms in children living near freeways

Environmental Research

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 122-132

  Van Vliet, Patricia ^a   Knape, Mirjam ^a   De Hartog, Jeroen ^a   Janssen, Nicole ^a   Harssema, Hendrik ^a   Brunekreef, Bert ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDREN'S HEALTH; HEALTH IMPACT; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; ROAD PROXIMITY;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HIGHWAY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 0031213983     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1997.3757     Document Type: Article

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