Home dampness and respiratory health status in European children

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1191-1200

  Andriessen, J W ^a   Brunekreef, B ^a   Roemer, W ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Home dampness moulds; PEF; Respiratory symptoms

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; EUROPE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPE; FEMALE; FUNGI; HOUSING; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0032467356     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1998.00322.x     Document Type: Article

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