Climate, traffic-related air pollutants and allergic rhinitis prevalence in middle-school children in Taiwan

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 964-970

  Lee, Y L ^a   Shaw, C K ^b   Su, H J ^a   Lai, J S ^c   Ko, Y C ^d   Huang, S L ^e   Sung, F C ^f   Guo, Y L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Allergic rhinitis; Children; Climate; Factor analysis

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR TEMPERATURE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN;

EID: 0038121107     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00094602     Document Type: Article

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