Objective evidence of a relationship between immunological dysfunction and poor indoor air quality

Environmental Epidemiology and Toxicology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 175-182

  Kornberg, James P ^a,g   Rosenberg, Neil L ^b   Bradley, Mark E ^c   Dickerson, Bruce O ^d   Coe, Jeffrey ^e   Spengler, John D ^f  

^a PC ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Occupational and Environmental Medicine   (United States)

^d Dickerson Occupational Health Services   (United States)

^e Animal House of Chicago   (United States)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Arapahoe East Medical Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM VENTILATION;

EID: 0033499999     PISSN: 15227987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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