Living near a main road and the risk of wheezing illness in children

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2177-2180

  Venn, Andrea J ^a,b   Lewis, Sarah A ^a   Cooper, Marie ^a   Hubbard, Richard ^a   Britton, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Vehicular emissions; Wheezing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC; UNITED KINGDOM; WHEEZING;

EID: 0037114196     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.164.12.2106126     Document Type: Article

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