Sources and Concentrations of Indoor Nitrogen Dioxide in Barcelona, Spain

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1312-1317

  García Algar, Óscar ^a   Zapater, Meritxell ^a   Figueroa, Cecilia ^a   Vall, Oriol ^a   Basagañ, Xavier ^b   Sunyer, Jordi ^b   Freixa, Assumpcio ^c   Guardino, Xavier ^c   Pichini, Simona ^d  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^c Department of Research Ministry of Enterprise and Labour Government of Catalonia   (Spain)

^d Graduate Institute of Health   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR FILTERS; DATA REDUCTION; HEATING; HOSPITALS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

PASSIVE FILTER BADGES;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEATING; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ROOM VENTILATION; SMOKING; SPAIN;

EID: 0242354010     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2003.10466297     Document Type: Article

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