Interior surface materials in the home and the development of bronchial obstruction in young children in Oslo, Norway

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 188-192

  Jaakkola, Jouni J K ^a,b,c   Øie, Leif ^a   Nafstad, Per ^a   Botten, Grete ^a   Samuelsen, Sven Ove ^a   Magnus, Per ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAST CELL; NORWAY; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033052275     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.89.2.188     Document Type: Article

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