Environmental surveys in the areas of bitterfeld, hettstedt and a comparative area in 1992-2000;Umweltmedizinische untersuchungen im raum bitterfeld, im raum hettstedt und in einem vergleichsgebiet 1992-2000

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Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 675-682

  Heinrich, J ^a,b   Frye, C ^b   Holscher B ^b   Meyer, I ^b   Pitz, M ^b   Cyrys, J ^b   Schneller, H ^a   Wjst, M ^a   Wichmann, H E ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ambient air pollution; Atopy; Children; Eastern Germany; Heavy metals; Respiratory health

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; LEAD;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GERMANY; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SPIROMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0036957995     PISSN: 09413790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-36453     Document Type: Article

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