Urban traffic and pollutant exposure related to respiratory outcomes and atopy in a large sample of children

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 956-963

  Nicolai, T ^a   Carr, D ^a   Weiland, S K ^b   Duhme, H ^c   von Ehrenstein, O ^a   Wagner, C ^a   von Mutius, E ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Children; Pollutants; Respiratory; Traffic

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CIGARETTE SMOKE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SAMPLING; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOOT; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA; WHEEZING;

EID: 0038460312     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00041103a     Document Type: Article

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