Respiratory diseases and allergies in two polluted areas in East Germany

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-62

  Heinrich, Joachim ^a   Hoelscher, Bernd ^a   Wjst, Matthias ^a   Ritz, Beate ^b   Cyrys, Josef ^a   Wichmann, H Erich ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergy; Bronchial reactivity; Children; Eastern Germany; IgE; Industrial pollution; Respiratory health; Skin prick test

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; COUGHING; DEMOGRAPHY; DUST; DYSPNEA; ECZEMA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINING; POLLUTION; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SMELTER; WHEEZING;

EID: 0033046841     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9910753     Document Type: Article

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