The effects of different levels of air pollution on atopy and symptoms of allergic rhinitis

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 185-190

  Kelȩs, Nesil ^a,b,c   Ilicali, Cenker ^a,b   Deǧer, Kemal ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Ataköy 9 Kisum   (Turkey)

^c A 3 A Blok ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CROWDING; FEMALE; HEATING; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MALE; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CROWDING; FEMALE; HEATING; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RISK FACTORS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; TURKEY;

EID: 0033126407     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/105065899781389731     Document Type: Article

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