Effects of ambient air pollution on upper and lower respiratory symptoms and peak expiratory flow in children

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Volumn 353, Issue 9156, 1999, Pages 874-878

  Boezen, H Marike ^a   Van Der Zee, Saskia C ^b   Postma, Dirkje S ^b   Vonk, Judith M ^b   Gerritsen, Jorrit ^b   Hoek, Gerard ^b   Brunekreef, Bert ^b   Rijcken, Bert ^b   Schouten, Jan P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NOSE CONGESTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHINORRHEA; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKE; SORE THROAT; SYMPTOM; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; URBAN AREA; WHEEZING; WINTER;

EID: 0033551028     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)06311-9     Document Type: Article

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